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I was having a lot of this - plus quick sharp headaches - and was tested for Lyme. Hope it's not that. My test was positive and brain fog goes along with it. Would be driving and couldn't remember if I had done an errand or not. Other things can cause it too - like thyroid disease, adrenal gland problems, infections.
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I went thru menapaus in the middle of a divorce and my life was a mess, became anemic. Your symptoms sound like about what I was experiencing. I have anxiety and sometimes a friend may ask me what I ate for breakfast and it takes me awhile to remember. I try to do multiple things at once and burn food. Every day I spend a great deal of time looking for something around the house I've misplaced. I've been this way all my life or else I'd really be worried. Anxiety and stress can cause all kinds of symptoms. For your peace of mind get checked out.
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Brain fog and hormones from menopsuse will do the same thing. Still get an MRI. Just the stress of thinking it's something worse, can cause symptoms to be worse. Prayers and hope you find out what is going on. It can be scary. Your body and subconscious is trying to tell you to take care of yourself.
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Laceysterror,
Are you having headaches?

Of course we cannot diagnose you online. Be sure to see the neurologist at the appointment time.

However, if you have any symptoms or an acute headache before that appointment, or any "similar episode", please call 911, or have someone drive you to the E.R.

The symptoms could be a stroke, or TIA.

Best to be sure, because earlier treatment could save your life.
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Stress causes many problems. Your brain will protect itself by doing quirky things. There's only so much memory capacity in your brain. That you are forgetting things related to you and your husband suggests to me that you are stressed worrying about your parents. Do you find your thoughts wandering to your parents? Are you waking up in the middle of the night worried about your parents? Do you feel like you have a million things to do and remember for your parents because they can't do or remember it themselves? Talk to the neurologist about your stress.
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There can be so many reasons you r having these problems. Trans Global Amnesia could be one thing. Are u under a lot of stress? You could be having what my Gson calls "absent seizures" meaning u have no idea ur having them. He knows because he has lost time.

No, Dementia is not hereditary. Your Dads is probably caused by his strokes. There are usually outside factors that cause Dementias. ALZ is hereditary.

But I wouldn't speculate. The Dr. will put ur thru a series of tests to find the problem.
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I would get myself checked out medically, but also be aware that stress causes intense and often strange reactions, including forgetfulness, difficulty functioning, and more.   I experienced this toward the end of my father's life, and thereafter.   It took a lot to return to normal, and it wasn't easy.  It still isn't.
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You should also have your thyroid checked, as underactive thyroid can cause mental and emotional problems. Infections such as Lyme disease can cause severe cognitive symptoms. Have thorough testing done by a neuropsychologist or neuropsychiatrist, since the mini mental status exams done by MDs doesn't pinpoint deficits very well.
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AlvaDeer Jul 2019
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MRI and CT scans are warranted.Perhaps a blood clot or aneurysm is showing some symptoms ... who knows, but you might want to make an appointment for those "headaches" The best generic "go to" ailment to get your GP to order that cranium into imaging, so you can get your dome evaluated without those memory tests. Scans show more things than those outdated blue , sock, bed, answers.
I had a blood clot in my brain that exhibited memory loss symptoms, don't take a chance. From experience, that can result in lots of problems, for sure.
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Sendhelp Jul 2019
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Where are "headaches" mentioned? Did I miss that?
I did not want to scare the OP, but these symptoms are the same as having a stroke, (even if a mini-stroke like a TIA, transient ischemic attack);
or like you said, a blood clot or aneurysm.

It could be anything or stress, like others have said.

When the ER doctor referred a patient to his own office practice after 3 visits to the ER with acute headaches...she arrived at the appointment and stroked out just as I was taking her b/p. If he wasn't there to resuscitate her, she could not have recovered as nicely from her stroke. He went to the hospital in the ambulance with her.
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Stress can do horrible things to us. You are wise to see a neurologist,, just to rule out things. It seems as though we think the worst first. Please let us know how you make out. We care.
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No need to jump to the AD possibility before you discount any other stress or physical issues with your doctor.

But because you asked... sibling studies indicate that AD can be inherited, but you are not guaranteed to inherit it. Perfect example is my 2 living aunts ages 97 and 100 who have lived together their whole lives (except 1 year), neither ever married or had kids. Neither ever smoked or drank much. Medditerranian diets. Worked at the same company for almost the same amount of time. Ate the same food, went on the same vacations, exercised the same amount. Different personalities: one extrovert (97 yo) the other introvert (100 y0). The 97 yr-old has total dementia and the 100 yo is clear as a bell. Same parents. Same life. Different outcomes.
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I am so relieved that you are following up and have the appointment. Are you menopausal? Are you under large amounts of stress? I will tell you right now that this doesn't sound like dementia, but sounds to me, anyway, like severe and profound stress reactions. No doubt the neuro will send you for MRI unless something pops out clear to him or her. That will relieve your mind a bit, I think, but this sounds for all the world like a severe situational stress reaction. I will be so wanting an update from you, and hope you will update us after your appointment. Remember that being menopausal will make any of this just that much worse. Be as specific as you are able with each incident. When it happened and under what circumstances, how long lasting, whether any memory came back later. Every patient is a mystery; remember that, and give them all the symptoms you are able to help in diagnosis. Hugs to you.
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