Mine has all been positive since the diagnosis. Before that I was progressing downward with no end in site. After 2 1/2 years of testing I was finally diagnosed and started out on the drug theropy. Aricept and and anti-depressant were my first drugs.

Three years later and several adjustments and new drugs added I seem better than the day I was diagnosed.

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Please tell us all about your own Journey if you would.

Thanx, Tom

Don't know that I like this new format. Just isn't the same, don't like change.

Tracy

Change is almost never easy Tracy. But it is inevitable, without change nothing would ever improve. I look at as a small test of my ability to fend of the disease. So I welcome it!

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Can you just imagine life if they never developed a better toilet! 

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I wish you the best at adjusting and please let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

Tom

 Hello kgcarlso1 and welcome! Sorry for what brings you here but glad you found us. There are a few good ideas that we need to follow to slow the progression. They go like this.

1) Early detection

2) Take the suggested medications per your Neurologist and Medical team

3) Mediterranean diet

4) Exercise (mentally and physically)

5) Keep a positive attitude

Hi, kgcarlso, welcome to the message boards.

Definitely use the tips Ttom gave you.  In addition, do whatever you can to minimize stress for your husband -- it can really exacerbate the symptoms.  And no smoking!

While all of our members are free to read and post on any of the forums, this particular forum is primarily for our members who have early-onset dementia themselves.  (Which, as you can see, doesn't stop me from adding my two cents' worth.)  Please also join us on the Spouse/Partner Caregiver Forum (in which we discuss issues unique to spouses, and we have many caring for early-onset loved ones), and the Caregiver Forum (which is / will be the largest and most active by far).

We're currently in beta test mode here.  Most of our members haven't been brave enough to give it a try.  So you might also want to sign up for the "old" boards and talk to us there, too, until this site is fully operational.

http://alzheimers.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x

And ... could you please explain what you mean by "struggling with what to do about the progression"?

I refuse to be a "taker".

Iris L.

It's  not about lack of bravery.  Dealing with losing one's mind is in itself an act of BRAVERY.  It's more about trying to learn something new when you already have trouble learning something new.   And people don't seem to understand and talk badly about you because you have difficulty learning something new.

Iris L.

Oh Iris, I turely don't think anybody has made light of the fact that us people with the crud are have a hard time learning new things. Honest to God, if I thought that was the case I would stay away myself. JAB called it BRAVE and I'm sure she was meaning something different like adventuresome 
Tom

Actually, I was talking about most of the caregivers not being brave enough to come on over here until forced.  I was posting specifically to a Spouse Caregiver, as you can see.
 

I more than understand how incredibly difficult all of these changes must be for our members who have dementia.  They're very upsetting to many of our members who don't have dementia.