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{weblog_name} - Am I just forgetting, or is it worse??
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You have just gone upstairs to do something, but when you get there, you can’t remember what it was you were going to do.  So you come back downstairs. As you get to the bottom of the steps, you remember what you meant to do.  Relieved, you go back up, and do what you intended in the first place.  But, “Oh, my,” you think, “Does that forgetting mean that I could be developing Alzheimer’s?”   How many of us have said, “I’m afraid I’m losing it” when experiencing memory lapses like this?  Almost all of us have occasional memory problems as we age.  Many things can interfere with memory, including stress, or feeling preoccupied, distracted or overwhelmed.  Chances are, there’s no cause for alarm.   Nevertheless, in some cases, something may be going on that needs attention.  In fact,… read more