I have diabetics 2 , and take a lot meds, or highblood pressure, chosteral,, nerve medication and menopause. the last little while I have been forgetting things. for example was doing a ladies perm and for the life of me I cannot remember if I was the neutralizer out of her hair. I have tried to visualize back to what I did. and can t remember . just like to today drove to my mothers a hour away and for got to take my wallet.
His am Chat Doctor. I have read your message. I think I can help you. First, the symptoms of the query are quite suggestive of early dementia. Dementia is a condition of gradual loss of memory and other mental functions. Now, I would have liked to know your age. The only clue I get from the query about your age is that you are post menopausal. So you must be at least above 45 - 50 years of age, which is the age where some forms of dementia start manifesting. I would, in my office, have preferred to do a full mental status examination. That however, is not possible on this query. This is important. Because forgetting things can be a part of normal day-to-day activity- I mean lot of people forget things at home daily, and lots of people go through a practiced activity without remembering the details. This is not dementia. One may even be concentrating on some other work whereby a practiced activity is performed perfectly, but the patient does not remember the details because the attention was not paid to the activity. A simple example from daily routine-when 