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Is A Sudden Episode Of Memory Loss Indicative Of Alzheimer’s Disease?

yes, thank you so much I am quite scared and alarmed. I went to local store for a couple of items and on the way home I could not figure out where I was, it was familiar places??? I am 53 years old the only medications I take are prozac which I have not taken in a while, I had head trauma in near fatal auto accident in 2006, 11 years ago ??? titanium plate and rod.... I am not asking for a diagnosis online... I know I need to get to dr. Just started new job today :) been under a lot of stress my major concern and question is ???? I lost my mother to alzheimers 2 years ago :( see where I am going with this ??? I heard, people that have had head trauma could be at higher risk to develop alzheimers????my mothers father who also had alzheimers passed away from the diseaseI am trying to educate myself online, but difficult to trust in urban myths ////??????and fact ?????den
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Hi,

Your experience is certainly capable of causing concern in anyone by its description. However, it cannot be taken as a diagnostic piece of evidence in order to diagnose Alzheimer's disease.

However, it the symptoms have occurred in the context of other situations and you have perhaps just been ignoring them until now then, maybe this would be a good time to seek out a neurologist well versed in cognitive issues and their different presentations so that a full and proper workup can be performed to try and discover what exactly may be at the root of what happened to you recently.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi,
Neurologist
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Is A Sudden Episode Of Memory Loss Indicative Of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Hi, Your experience is certainly capable of causing concern in anyone by its description. However, it cannot be taken as a diagnostic piece of evidence in order to diagnose Alzheimer s disease. However, it the symptoms have occurred in the context of other situations and you have perhaps just been ignoring them until now then, maybe this would be a good time to seek out a neurologist well versed in cognitive issues and their different presentations so that a full and proper workup can be performed to try and discover what exactly may be at the root of what happened to you recently. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist