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Originally Posted by Skeezyks
Hello peaches100: I experience some of this. In my case I think it is a mixture of free-floating anxiety & aging with a bit of "maleness" thrown in for good measure. (My wife talks to me all the time & I probably don't hear 50% of it!) I also do little things that don't make sense. The reason you don't have this experience at work may be that you are simply more focused.
I have also wondered, from time-to-time, if I might be experiencing the early stages of Alzheimer's or dementia. I mentioned this once to my pdoc. He pretty-much just dismissed it. But he suggested that if it was of concern to me I might want to have some neuropsych testing. This might be something you could consider as well.  |
Hi Skeezyks,
You brought up a couple of things I hadn't thought of. It's possible that aging has made it worse. I'm a woman in my early 50's who is in what's referred to as perimenopause. I don't know if that affects memory and concentration or not. It's also possible that I'm more focused at work, or maybe it is that I've worked at the same place for 29 years and just know my job so well that I don't forget things. I've reviewed a few of the signs of Alzheimer's on the Web, but I don't seem to have most of them - at least not to the degree they mention. I think I'll talk to my t and ask her if she thinks the problem could be related more to a brain problem like Alzheimer's versus my PTSD and dissociation stuff. I don't have any relatives with Alzheimer's, but I do have brain disorders on my mom's side such as ALS, MS, and Parkinsons.