#dementia - Shift.ms

5 May 2021 12:40Last reply 16 May 2021 14:53

MS and Dementia

I haven’t been diagnosed with Dementia but i have symptoms of it. I regularly have cognitive issues, difficulty completing familiar tasks, recalling information about what was discussed a few hours back, trouble with speaking amongst other things. My friends and family have commented about my tr...

London Borough of Ealing, England, United Kingdom

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@michael_washburn

26 Jul 2020 13:04Last reply 27 Jul 2020 18:05

Dementia due to MS?

After nearly 3 years of searching for answers to my wife's rapid cognitive decline, multiple tests and MRIs and second opinions it is clear she has a the syndrome of Dementia. Our local neurologist as well as the team at UCLA agree that the cause is MS. Images show significant brain atrophy. I ...

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@ItsMewithMS

3 Oct 2019 19:50Last reply 19 Jun 2025 18:50

Genetics and MS...finally

After years of seeing reports of no genetic markers found or genetic ties it sounds like this is being looked into. I can't think of any of my relatives with MS but in this group there are constant references to a grandpa that had it or cousins, etc. For a disease that is relatively rare it seem lik...

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@WendyW73

17 Apr 2025 18:51Last reply 17 Apr 2025 21:54

Has anyone had this happen?

I have been seeing a neurologist for little over a year. I’m about to have my second MRI. He had been pointing toward MS and then without having the second MRI yet he asks if I’m having more anxiety. Well yes because this process is taking forever and I still have no solid answers. He then tells me ...

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@StrictlySoca

6 Oct 2023 06:58Last reply 7 Oct 2023 13:27

National Poetry Day and my cognitive function

I’m in mourning for my brain this week as I’ve had to make the decision to go for medical retirement after 11 years of continuing to work with MS chewing away at my cognitive function. Recently been retested at neuropsychological service and the decline was shockingly apparent. Even having the OT co...

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@Goonism

12 Sep 2023 19:02Last reply 13 Sep 2023 10:31

Brain fog

Lot of brain fog over the last few days but I'm on my knees just about looking after my dad looking like lewys dementia. Just stress or relapse? What would you do enough more fog to notice!

Leicester, UK

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@Joojoo1977

30 Jul 2023 00:28Last reply 30 Jul 2023 15:38

Doctors are ignoring me

I have been suffering for a while now with various symptoms, mostly which have come and gone. Currently I keep getting optical migraines- not painful just a multiple zigzagging circle of colours, pain and weakness in my legs and knees, feeling lime theyre going to buckle. Headaches shooting from my ...

Bognor Regis, United Kingdom

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@HeidiHelps

13 Apr 2023 22:00Last reply 14 Apr 2023 10:11

Caregivers

As a person who lives with a chronic and incurable disease (multiple sclerosis) and deals with all the psychological effects this situation brings into my life and my caregiver’s life, I have long been aware of the strain caregivers are under. I suspect that CBT would be a useful tool to teach care...

Kamloops, Canada

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@Nayla93

2 Apr 2023 11:54Last reply 2 Apr 2023 19:45

Deteriorating quality of life, it may now be ms?

For five years things have been so crazy. I went to a n e with right sided pain and back pain never got anywhere and went from being super fit to obese and low. My symptoms started as right sided pain, back pain, dissociation/foggy head, tingling and right leg numbness. In the last year- its bowel a...

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@MSLyndy

12 Dec 2022 12:44Last reply 14 Dec 2022 15:31

Hello - New joiner

Hi there good people, Finally plucked up the courage to join this community and connect with fellow MSers who "get it". I don't know anyone living with this disease and often feel quite alone. I work full-time (mostly at home since the pandemic) but have little energy left over to arrange much o...

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