Early signs of dementia

Similar to Crafting, KittyLester & Cornergran, I thought it wasn't things like losing the car keys that was the problem. Rather, it's not knowing that the car keys are lost that would be of concern.

Dementia website has a useful list of possible symptoms.

Forgetting names is quite normal especially if you know this person, know if they are married or have children or live round the corner. It is not normal to be able to remembr more than 5 or 6 numbers and but if someone asked you to met them on a certain date in two weeks time you would remember this. In the beginning of evolution numbers and names were not invented.
In my view too many medical programmes like to frighten people

A friend said yesterday it is forgetting how to make a cup of tea as it’s quite a complex process. There’s so much publicity about dementia I suspect many of us have become over vigilant. Including me .

Forgetting what you went to the fridge for is ok. Forgetting what the fridge is, is a problem.

Explanation that might help. Dementia is not forgetting what your passcode is, it is forgetting what the bank machine is for. I read this in a newspaper. It makes sense to me.

I heard that when you find you’ve put your car keys in the fridge, it might be a cause for concern! Not just forgetting names.

Whenever they have a GP programme on and they do a test with their patient I do it and usually pass well I can still beat people at word games do sudoku and remember some important phone numbers however ask me what happened yesterday or what I ate for my main meal or what the weather was like a few days before or where I put my keys/purse/ remote control or what I went upstairs for and I m stumped My recall of faces and names is much worse than it used to be as far as I m concerned this is normal well if it isn’t all my 12 school friends ( who meet up for monthly lunch or coffee) and myself have all got early stage dementia

Yes, they are, I think. I saw on tv once that its things like knowing what ingredients are needed to make a cake, and then being unable to remember how to do it.