Hi, I am Wisam.

My grand-mother is 76 years old, and she is having a memory issue

she is having this syndrome for about 4 years now and it is:

she tries to remember things like people names, things she has, how are people look & who do they look like, or even songs and how was it sung and by whom. but it should be thing she has already knew it, like someone she has already met she tries to remember her/his name.

then if she can't remember it, she becomes nervous and angry. she also would have head ache. her eyes motion becomes not so normal, and her mouth becomes bitter, she becomes to have so much energy that she can do things she can't do in normal time. like moving fast, she forgets her joints pains and almost every pain she has in order to remember.

and if she remembers this thing or some one told her about it, everything goes back to it's very normal.

at first she was trying to remember names only but now it's developing.. we went to shrink but he couldn't help so we just don't know what to do.. so I ask for your help please.

Wisam

It could be that your grandma in the past had a great memory and was proud of it, but, now that she is not able to remember as well she gets angry, frustrated, etc.

While exibiting such anger/frustration it is natural she will forget about her aches and pains.

When she finally remembers or someone reminds her what it is, she is able to relax again, the frustration and anger subsides.

The older we get, the worse our memory. At least that is the case for many older people.

Your grandma is not "old" yet, just getting a little older. She is in the prime of her life. Of course it does not help that our children tend to act like we are over the hill before we really are. My husband still flies an airplane at age 79, still active, mentally competent, etc. Then again you can see some 60 year olds look/act like they are 100 years old! My husband's co-pilot is 83 and still flying. He also plays baseball and golfs.

Sometimes it will take days before a person remembers something, but they finally do, at least part of the time. This happens to young, middle-age, and older people alike.

When I cannot remember something, I joke about "my retriever is down", it is not my memory!!

Having said all of the above, it is not good for your grandma to become so angry/frustrated. This can cause her blood pressure to rise too high. She needs to learn to remain "calm, cool, collected", have lots of patience with herself and wait until she thinks of the name or whatever she is trying to remember. If it never comes to her, so what, the world will keep turning!

Just because you don't remember something does not mean you are losing your marbles!! Our brains are overloaded with things from over the many years, and our retrievers have to work overtime for us.

Writing notes, keeping a record of what we do with our "things", etc. will help. I now keep record of all financial transactions so in the future I will know what I did in case my memory fails me. Do the same with "things" you give away to children or grandchildren.

The other day I was trying to remember who I gave the ice cream maker to, was not sure, but my D-I-L reminded me I gave it to them.

There is something that you may wish to have checked. My mother had fluid on the brain in her 80's but doctors did not recognize it. A doctor at a diagnostic hospital here in Texas discovered the problem. They put in a shunt to drain fluid from her brain and she returned to almost normal, active again. One doctor told my dad to put her in an institution, she was crazy.

Another thing to check for is potassium level. If potassium level is below 3 that is too low. Potassium over 5 can be a problem also. Some older people are said to have allheimizers (sp) when they really are just low on potassium. Be sure and find out what your grandma's potassium level is. Just because a doctor says it is normal may not mean that it really is. Get the number! I had this experience with my mother-in-law, her doctor did not believe in giving potassium. He released her from the hospital after a heart attack with potassium level of 2. She was too low on potassium.

I am not a medical professional, speaking from experience only. I am 73 and do not remember as well as I did in the past. Oh, forgot, my retriever goes down off and on!!LOl!!

The above are some things to consider.

Thank you aunt Misty for your nice and helpful instructions. God bless you :angel:

I will try to do the instructions you gave me except that about fluids because here in Iraq there aren't that good doctors now.. anyway thank you dear.