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Old 10-13-2007, 10:21 AM   #1
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teen and think I've got Dementia

Hi my Names Anthony, I live in England, About 5-6 Months ago I started to feel as if my Memory and thinking was fading alittle, It was a big shock to me because I've always been really clever and could remember things what happened months and even years ago, I always got A's in all my exams ect, None of my family suffer from Dementia or Alz, Over the past few months its getting worst and I'm starting to fail exam, Lately my attention span has got alot worst.

I've had problems since a couple of years (about 2-3 years), I started having problems with my nervous system, Part of my Chest and side of my head went numb, This was just after I started loosing alot of weight and not eating much, I went to the doctors which wasn't much help (he didn't really have clue what could be happaning to me) I got really depressed and started to go bed very late, Also i stopped going to my friends because of cause I was depressed and i got hooked on a computer game called World of Warcraft (For people who don't know its a really addictive online game, Where you play with other people and fight all different creatures ect), I still went school and got on with it.

I was now 14 in year 10, For some reason I started hanging around with the wrong crowd (Maybe its because I was quite Insecure about myself), I started messing around in school and got in alot of trouble and started smoking, I got send to a Centre for bad pupils, There it was fine for afew days untill I got into a fight with someone about the same age of me, It was one of those school boy fights where we didn't hit one another, But just got each other in a headlock, We both walked off afterwards, About a week later I was walking to school and someone sneaked up to me I turned around and he hit me with a powerful metel object on the left side of my face, He knocked me out, Dunno how long i was out for, I woke up there was blood over the pavement (He had slit my lip wide open and knocked one of my teeth out) I walked to the hospital, Where I got my lip stitched, I spoke to the police about this guy (He ended up being the brother of the guy I had a fight on a week before, He was in his 20's, He was big and very well build)I also had anesia of what happaned just before the fight.

After that inccident, I tried to turn my life around, My parents were very happy with my improvement, So was I, I started getting A's again and all was good untill I got lightheaded and a day after I knew something was wrong, My memory and thinking faded i started to forget things which was not like me at all, I went to a new doctor, He gave some bloodtests I found out i had Iron deficiency (Anemia), I stated taking vitamins, It made me feel abit more energetic but didn't clear my impairment to memory and thinking problems, The next doctor appointment he made an appointment to the hospital, I met with the hospital doctor he gave me more bloodtests, They found i also was alittle low on Vitamin E (Need to take another test to make sure), The doctor also needs to do afew tests for my nerves and brain, Which will be soon, The past few days its getting worst, My concentation is very bad now.

I'm Very Worried and like i wrote it could be a number of things
Vitamin deficiency, Nervous System, Migraines (which i suffer from), Head injury from metel object, Depression or Not enough sleep.

Sorry for writing a tread so long, I'm just very scared.

Anthony

 
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Old 10-13-2007, 12:48 PM   #2
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Re: teen and think I've got Dementia

You really can't have Dementia as it is a disease of old age, and when it hits a 'younger' person that person is 55 to 65.

But your head injury may well have caused this problem. Did your doctor do an MRI of your brain? If not, that would seem like a good idea. Have you seen a neurologist?

If I were your parent, I would make sure you got every aspect of your brain tested. There are ways to cure almost anything in the brain nowadays, so don't be scared into ignoring it.

Good luck!

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Cheers Martha, Ye I'm seeing a neurologist, I should do some tests in afew days, I'll write back after I've done those.

 
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Re: teen and think I've got Dementia

I bet you have a mild concussion. It's nothing to fool with but the effects will go away. Good luck!

 
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Re: teen and think I've got Dementia

Ask your doctor to do a blood test to check your thyroid gland along with the other tests. There are so many things that can cause your symptoms. Low thyroid function is actually very common and often goes along with iron deficiency.

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