Losing the names.

@marguicha (223720)
Chile
November 20, 2017 4:58pm CST
Lately, I have noticed that I tend to forget the names of many people. I remember their faces, what relation they have with me, buut the name is gone. Sometimes, 2 hours (or 2 day) later, I suddenly cry out: the name is "so and so". Many times, when I do this in front of other people, even if they are close, they look at me a bit ashamed. I ask myself. Is this old age? Is this aterosclerosis? Is this Alzheimer? How can I know? I don´t want to see more doctors. With the ones I go to is more than enough.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Nov 17
Maybe just advanced age. Forgetfulness comes with the territory.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
20 Nov 17
I guess so
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
21 Nov 17
Do not worry it's not Alzheimer's disease, it is an age related matter, but nothing to be worried about.
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
22 Nov 17
@marguicha I know that it's a shame, but this happens to most people aging.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
22 Nov 17
@LadyDuck Aging is not nice
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
22 Nov 17
@marguicha No, not at all, I do not want to reach the age my Mom reached. She was fine until last Friday, but after the ictus the life has no sense.
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@annierose (21571)
• Philippines
20 Nov 17
Don't get worried please. I am like that too. I am in my 30's and I admit I have noticed that I am being forgetful. I think it is just a natural thing. Some people are good at names and some are not.
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@annierose (21571)
• Philippines
21 Nov 17
@marguicha Concentrate more on the positive side.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
22 Nov 17
@annierose I try to do that.
@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
21 Nov 17
Thanks. I´ll try to accept my limitations.
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@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
21 Nov 17
nope, i haven't even reached 40s and i do this sometimes
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
22 Nov 17
I try to accept it.
@JudyEv (341743)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Nov 17
I do this too - more and more. I am very tempted to be tested for Alzheimers but haven't yet.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
21 Nov 17
I suppose that we will have to wait for the right moment to have a test
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@JudyEv (341743)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Nov 17
@marguicha I probably just need to ask the doctor. Maybe I will one day.
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
21 Nov 17
I am in my mid 40s, I cannot remember anything after a day! I am so much wost than you
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
21 Nov 17
I´m so sorry. But I think the wisdom lies in not caring too much.
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
21 Nov 17
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@snowy22315 (181948)
• United States
20 Nov 17
unless you forget other things i wouldnt worry too much about it.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
20 Nov 17
I always lose some things in the house. But it is usually Leticia´s sense of order. And now I have Lely changing things around.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
20 Nov 17
I dont know if this is aging or normal for everyone. I know I am terrible with rememvering names also.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
21 Nov 17
I think that I have always been bad with names. But now, other words have been added.
@gibocam (343)
• United States
25 Nov 17
I'm not sure it that is a disease or kind of a sickness. I find difficulty in remembering names too. I always remember their faces.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
20 Nov 17
maybe dementia.We all experience this from time to time.This is natural
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
21 Nov 17
I don´t like the word dementia. I´d rather use others.
@andriaperry (117130)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Nov 17
Just names? no worries I do the same. If yu are forgetting where you re going or where you are at, then its time to worry
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
21 Nov 17
Not yet, I haven´t. Except of course when I open the closet´s door (or the refrigerator) and look at it with a lost look. Then I close it and say to myself what was I going to get.