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Would be commonly prescribed for aged folks giving signs of, you know, those signs of dementia?
And how they would work? Side effects?
Having just read of Elmore Leonard dying of a major stroke, I'd like to know.
in2herbs
(4,065 posts)have gained success with the use of THC.
tanyev
(48,279 posts)pfitz59
(12,063 posts)Today it was 'magnets' (again).
Old Crank
(6,403 posts)Take from it what you will.
But it seems that staying active helps with many conditions.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/11/walking-3000-5000-steps-a-day-may-delay-alzheimers/
Sympthsical
(10,749 posts)For a wide range of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders that can cause cognitive decline.
I currently work in behavioral health (mostly children and adolescents these days), am in a nursing program doing rotations in a stroke unit, and spent over a decade in social services mostly working with Adult and Aging services, so I've been around a few blocks with these things.
What I will say is - don't trust Twitter professionals diagnosing from afar. Only physicians who have done an actual assessment of an individual can pinpoint what someone's neurological issues may be.
Asking for a med list for dementia is asking for a few dozen medications that might be used depending on the patient and what's going on with them.
Trump seems to be declining. It'll be interesting to see if he even makes it through the full term. But what exactly is wrong with him is basically speculation and quasi-educated guessing. Only his doctors know, and if it came out that his doctors never even bothered testing him for the purposes of plausible deniability, this will be my surprised face.
The Roux Comes First
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I'd speculate, from no knowledge, that, if anything, cardiovascular issues might be a more likely precedent.
Sympthsical
(10,749 posts)If someone's prone to transient ischemic attacks, that can be part of a vascular condition in the brain that leads to dementia.
Vascular dementia is very much a condition that exists and isn't all that uncommon.
High blood pressure, high cholesterol, congestive heart failure. You name it. Anything that compromises the cardiovascular system, particularly in older people, can mess up the brain and lead to brain damage and cognitive decline over time.
If someone's over there having mini-strokes all the time, it can scramble the noggin.
The Roux Comes First
(1,975 posts)There are many of us (me, personally!) that I suspect can benefit from this advice.