Category: Elder Folk
Hi all,
was wondering how soon our memory starts slowing down a bit. for instance, when i'd read a book on tape or howeer i read, tape or braille, I could remember exactly who was related to who the next day, no matter how many characters, and i could leave a book later and still remember the last thing i read, now my memory for that sort of thing is way down from what it use to be. I watch cbs soaps, and there was a time when i could tell you which people were in it years ago, now I can't do that much anymore. of course i guess these are trivial memories, but was just wondering how much of that was due to other things coming in to our lives and crowding all that other stuff out or how much it was due to getting older.
wonderwoman
Wonderwoman, I think it's a combination of the two. The older we get, the more stuff that creeps into our minds, and the more stuff we have to deal with, and something's gotta give. If I ever forget my Flintstones trivia, that'll be a sad day. I was actually thinkin about posting something related to this topic the other day. I'll savwe it, and see if it germinates from this one as one thread seems to lead to another topic.
Lou
Hi lou, well thats the best way to get topics started. we want to keep this board alive, after all, we wouldn't want j squared to decide it wasn't getting enough activity and take it away. I think i've heard somewhere when that happens, it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with our minds, it just means the brain can't handle memory overload the way it use to, so it just cancels the unimportant stuff in order to hold the more important things, adn that starts happening at around age 30. I still have a pretty strong memory for some things though. I'm one of thosepeople who remember things other people say, especially if what they said bothers me, for years while most people forget them the next day. thanksfor the response.
wonderwoman
I will say though, that I used to hate writing things down, because it helped my memory. I still feel that way, but I can't remember all the stuff I need to do, or keep organized any more without writing it down. I'm not sure what that says. <g>.
Lou
Boy, it's a small world. I was thinking of posting something about this on this board, but wonderwoman did it first, and did a better job than I might have done.
Let me tell you my memory experience--if I can remember it.
I first noticed a diminution of my ability to remember things when I turned 55, or so. At first it was just minor things, but there were more of them.
By the time I turned sixty, though, I noticed a definite change. I now have problems with words--simple words. If I stop, relax and wait, they will usually come back to me, but it's still worrisome. I can remember my first dog's name, but can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday.
I've wondered if I was seeing the first signs of altsimer's disease (never could spell that word), but the doctor said it didn't look like it.
Anyway, it's frustrating, but I can't help wondering, is this a process that is doomed to increase? Is there anything I can do?
Anyway, that's what this board is about, right?
Bob
My problem is that once I write it all down, I forget I've got a list! LOL.
Seeker'smama
Bob, I don't think you'll have that problem. One thing that definitely helps stave off that disease (I let you take the fall on the spelling) is to use your memory/mind. A few years ago, I saw something that there's a direct relationship between drinking canned sodas and Alsheimer's. I won't have that problem. Now if they were to say coffee, I should have been dead before I was born.
There was a professional in the blindness field named C. Warren Bledsoe. He was beginning to develop Alzheimer's, but he was working on his autobiography, and his doctor told him that the mental activity was the best thing he could have done to slow the disease.
Lou
oh my, I drink one canned coke a day, but you can never be sure if what they say on things like that is the truth. one day you hear something is good for you, then the next day, you hear it causes some sort of ailment or disease. sometimes I won't be able to remember a name, and wonder how could I forget it, since I feel i know the name as well as i do my own, then all of a sudden, mostly when i'm not thinking about it, it will pop back, and it's like i never forgot it in the first place.
wonderwoman
ps, sorry to beat you to a topic bob, but when a great new board comes along, i have this cronic fear, that if it doesn't stay active, and goes dead, it will be taken away. when j first put the safe haven up, I posted everything under the sun i could think of to post, and although it goes a long time with out any posts, topics have built ujp over a period of tie, so there are a great many topics, though not as much as on the lets talk board or the rant board.
wonderwoman