hormones causing memory loss

my my dad had dementia, so I understand your fear of memory loss being connected, as I had the same worries, but I can see there are differences. He was in his own world, thought he had a job when he'd been retired for years, would lie down in the drive if he was tired, eat in the middle of the night....for me, I ask a client at work if they would like tea or coffe and forget which in the ten yards to the kettle!

Someone can give me directions somewhere, and and I struggle to retain that info for the vital five minutes. Or they can tell me something and I get the wrong end of the stick, as if they ar speaking a foreign language. I have to re read emails to make sure I have picked  up the right information.  I go upstairs or to the garage to get something,and get distracted by something else, so the item I went out for is completely forgotten - unless I come back to find whatever I was doing when I realised I needed it, still half done in the house.

I have tried to put some coping methods in place, which help me: I have to leave a tin at the front door to remember to get my lunch out of the fridge before I go to work, I write everything down, and if I need to remember something, I tie a knot in my handbag strap to make me stop and think about what it is I need to do .....I always have a pen and a little book with me - and I use reminders on my ipad and on Outlook to turn off the hosepipe or pay a bill, or I would never remember! 

Keep your chin up, it's just nature playing tricks on you!