Tag: dementia
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The Brain Fog Caused By Menopause
Increased forgetfulness or fogginess in the brain has to be one of the most debilitating symptoms of menopause, and it comes at a time when dementia is already a terrifying prospect, particularly for those who have lost parents or older relatives to the degenerative condition. Photo by Daniele Levis Pelusi on Unsplash Two or three…
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Anxiety, Stupidity, And Why The Next Time I Leave The House Will Be In A Casket
After what feels like an interminable period of drought, Sydney has been hampered by the kind of rains we usually only see on Christmas Day, at birthday parties or weddings over the past few days. Unlike my British alter-ego, I have come to enjoy the rain here – a few precious days when I can’t…
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I Like To Think An Old Dog Can Learn New Tricks…
However… every trip out of the home these days seems to involve some shaming new public lesson in technology that highlights my mom-ness and has zero human interaction or support. I pity the really old people who used to see a trip to the shops as the one chance in their day for conversation. I think…
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Middle-Aged Memory Loss: When You Need A Checklist Just To Leave The House
So apparently, the old man also experiences the whole dementia thing, which I had hoped was short-term in my case and attributed to menopause rather than a permanent decline. Getting out of the house together can be a strain these days and the organization we require to remember everything we need has become an embarrassment. We…
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3 Top Tips To Help You Find Your Car In The Car Park When You’re Middle-Aged
Back on the subject of anxiety in middle age, yesterday I discovered one of the worst triggers of this condition when I decided to do an early Christmas shop mixed with a top secret mission for some (probably) useless decorative bits and pieces for the house that have been deemed ‘stuff we don’t need’ by…
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Middle Age And The Importance Of Training Your Brain
View image | gettyimages.com Luckily for me, whisky does help prevent dementia, because that particularly evil symptom of middle age worries me more and more. Middle-aged women who suffer from serious anxiety should never watch movies like Still Alice. I’ve watched it twice. For those who haven’t seen the movie, it stars Julianne Moore as…
Louisa Simmonds 