Now it was discovered in my grocery list that I had spelled milk "mik" and chunky "junky". How could I do this when I had just done a post on spelling? I guess the spell check was not there to remind me.
So my multitasking skills were not up to the usual standard. Maybe I'm losing it?
I have noticed lately that some senior people get very anxious when they make a few errors , can't think of something or forget something easy. The stress level goes up and they immediately feel that they are descending into senior chaos.
Don't be so fast. It is common for seniors to make momentary lapses. Stress makes it har
I have a better excuse. In 2008 I had an incident where I did not make any new memories for two hours. An investigation was made and no cause could be found for my global amnesia.
Two years later it happened again. One more test was given. It showed that I was having seizures. I doubted this very much. I'd had kids in school every year with seizures and what was happening to me was not a seizure, so I thought. I went home right after this diagnosis and checked on the internet. It took less then 30 seconds to find out that what I had was senior epilepsy. Much research has been done on this topic and many times senior moments are due to small seizures.
I was put on medication and haven't had a problem since.
So don't beat yourself up when you have momentary lapses. If it's a big lapse, then it's a major problem
Keep on multitasking.
It's so important to have these things checked out! Good for you for doing so!
ReplyDeleteWe keep having these moments, walking into a room wondering why on earth we were there!
Hubby also has had strange images in his peripheral vision. It's worrying, but 'normal.'
Wandering into a room and not remembering what you came for is normal. Just go back to where you came from and you remember.
DeleteThat's great that it all turned out well for you. I think we tend to jump to conclusions before we find out what's going on. Best to get the answers first before panicking!
ReplyDeleteIf this had been left it would have become a serious problem. I had a very smart neurologist.
DeleteI'm sure I don't have senior epilepsy, but I sure do forget a lot of stuff. I would be lost without my calendar on my phone and on my laptop! :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's normal for us to forget some stuff. we'll remember it sooner or later. I think we can put too much stress on ourselves and make things worse.
DeleteI think this is a common thing for people who are on the wrong side of 50.
ReplyDeleteYour medication was mental exercise or medicines?
50+ and we start forgetting. I'm on medication.
DeleteThere are variations on epilepsy. My father's been on medication for years, and as long as he stays on it, he's fine. My cousin's husband has a different kind that he gets seizures, wipes him out for the better part of a day, and it's affected his long term memory.
ReplyDeleteSome people are not well controlled on medication. Over the years in school you'd always have one who wasn't controlled well or wsan't taking medication properly.
DeleteGetting older sucks some days :(
ReplyDeleteBut getting older beats the alternative.
DeleteI have lapses all the time, what I laughingly call "Senior Moments." It helps to keep a sense of humor about these things.
ReplyDeleteLapses are normal and you do the right thing by not stressing yourself out.
DeleteSenior epilepsy is a new one on me! Kind of scary. Glad it did not happen when you were driving. I guess no one was around to notice your seizure?
ReplyDeleteGoogle it and you'll be surprised what you'll find and the research that's done on it. You don't lose your skills as you remember them. You just won't remember where you drove .
DeleteOh interesting. I'd never heard of this though I certainly know a lot of seniors who get forgetful (it will happen to all of us I think) and then they do get very anxious about it.
ReplyDeleteAnxiety makes things worse. I did not know where I had been or what I had been doing. My wife told me what I did.
DeleteSenior epilepsy - that's something I have not heard of.
ReplyDeleteI don't think my momentary lapses come with a good excuse like that one. I just consider my very full brain to be like rush hour traffic. There is a road to get where you want to go but it is jammed up with other stuff.
aww! glad they were able to control it with meds!
ReplyDeleteHahahha i have to laugh!!i do those error spellings all the time..I only pray peaople forgive me!!
ReplyDeleteI think you have a lot of humour and thats all that matters♥
Sometimes people are looking at the worse situation getting too alarmed at memory lapse. I think many who have had relatives get Alzheimer s and Dementia fear both worse.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of senior epilepsy before. I learn so much from my blogging friends!
ReplyDeleteHi Red, You said, "It is common for seniors to make momentary lapses." That makes my day! Thank you! :-)
ReplyDeleteI can't read my own writing anymore... what does that mean? ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I'm having more of a memory lapse and it's scary for me since there's a lot of Alzheimers in my father's side of the family. I'm glad you've got a medication that is helping you.
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