re: 50+'ers of the OT - When

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Ignore the advice you get here. Talk to your doctor.

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in California they give you tests. they give you numbers and words to recall.
if you do bad enough they jerk your drivers license.

fog is an interesting word.
is it possible you had cv19? media says long covid has a fog aspect.

"fog" sounds way past not being able to recall a name.

Be really careful with this topic once you turn 65 and on medicare. At each physical/checkup you will be asked about memory, confusion, loosing track etc. This goes into your data base, and will be used to take away your guns.

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50+'ers of the OT

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aka the GMTers

At 77 most of my memory lapses involve alcohol and Ambien. I like to read before going to sleep, but with just a very small dose of Ambien, the next day I get to read the 50 pages again like they were new.

A little bit of Ambien is great for fixing restless legs.

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If you ask me what I had for lunch on any given day later that same day I have to do mental gymnastics and create a time line in my head

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This is the kind of thing that happens to me, but I don’t see it as a memory issue. I think it’s more of a “it’s not important” thing. I still remember important stuff, but as I’ve gotten older, less things seem to be important to me.

I notice it is much worse when I drink diet drinks. I play several mental games pretty well. But like you it’s common words that won’t come to me.

I’m 51 and was experiencing this pretty bad. I recently went on a trip to the Middle East for 15 days on vacation.

On about day 10 I noticed the fog was completely gone. They only thing different, other than being away from work was that I didn’t consume any artificial sweeteners. They didn’t have them over there.

If you intake artificial sweeteners, you may want to give this a try. The difference for me has been profound.

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I try to stay mentally alert by working a few crossword puzzles every day

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That’s impressive. My mom was sharp and worked crossword puzzles until her health declined quickly at 77. She wasn’t doing 3 a day though.

Yep, i gave up Diet Coke, or putting Extra in my coffee or anyhting with aspartame years ago becuase i started to have pretty bad effects in my 20s.. the studies on aspartame and other articulated sweeteners are mixed, but i think everyone’s reaction to them is different, and for me they are a definite no-go .