re: 50+'ers of the OT - When

I'm younger than this but this happens to me all the time. It's common I think, called a "brain fart". There's a meme that when this happens, you're supposed to say "I can't remember the English word for it", then you sound less like an idiot.

Leprosy is not a very common word. Enjoy your 50s

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When did you start worrying about your mental sharpness and memory.

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I’m 55 and still sharp as a tack, with my wit, mental quickness, etc still all there. My wife is amazed that I can recognize someone from 35 years ago. I may not remember their name, but I can tell them exactly where I know them from.

The biggest change in my mental status since I turned 50 is anxiety and panic attacks.
It was like over night, I went from being able to do anything I want (roller coasters, etc), to needing to take a Xanax to go down into Carlsbad Caverns last week.
I’ve been to the hospital twice from panic attacks, thinking I was having a heart attack. One panic attack was triggered from a Disney+/National Geographic documentary.

I'm 40+ and have tons of moments when my memory goes.

It's in direct relation to the amount of beers consumed so it isn't alarming for me.

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Mid Iowa Tiger

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Your loved ones/friends will know. It's when you start to repeat things multiple times that people will understand something is wrong. I assume this is not happening to you. I'm in my later mid sixties and I sometimes don't remember old names and such. When my FIL was diagnosed with Alzheimers which happened at 90 for him, he just repeated the same things over and over. Loss of short term memory is a sign.
As a side note, think about how wondrous it is that something that happened to you sixty years ago is stored somewhere in that brain and you can go back and retrieve it. At least you know Armadillos could give you some kind of disease.

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When did you start worrying about your mental sharpness and memory.

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in my mid-teens

but seriously, my biggest personal concern is my poor sleep habits, I’m hearing more and more about how damaging lack of restful sleep is to the brain

I turned 51 today. My CRS gets worse every year. Really frustrating some days

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