titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted June 15, 2018 Im not talking descent into senility here. Just no longer at the height of your powers. Im 38. I can already feel it. I used to have a good memory. Like freakishly good. Like could amaze people by reciting sh!t verbatim that was said months earlier. Thats gone. Of late, I cant seem to recall things I know as readily and quickly as I did. I also seem to be making a lot more dumbass mistakes anymore. Like forgetting to bring things. Forgetting why I came in a room. Starting to bum me out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LOD01 191 Posted June 15, 2018 Like 50 I think.......can't remember though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alias Detective 1,179 Posted June 15, 2018 I'm starting to lose, hey look at that bird over, what was I saying.....oh yeah, I love to be in nature. It's great seeing all the....what are those things called..damn, ummmm, ahh, deer yea, no, not deer um,..... Anyway, I'm starting to get forgetful at my curent age of, um, how the eff old, oh yeah, 43. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted June 15, 2018 I'm 50 and don't see a difference except maybe a little more focused. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,647 Posted June 15, 2018 After seeing my folks slip, especially my mom, and growing up with a grandmother with Alzheimer's, this ship scare the hell out of me. It's just something I do, but I keep a running list of major us and Global events from the day my brother died forward. It's a little over 700 items that last look. I keep writing and rewriting that list manually. Something about typing it just doesn't do it for me. And then I'll randomly throw out a year and try to get myself to list as many items that occurred that year as possible. With as much detail as I can muster. It may be whistling past the graveyard. But with dementia and Alzheimer's, you typically retain your long-term memory the longest. It's the short-term stuff that disappears fast. So, this is why I do what I do. But I think some of it has to be subject matter. I've tried to fill my brain with the rules of various card games and it just doesn't take. I don't like playing cards. And I think my brain just isn't wired to retain that. Now, ask me everything I know about the July 7 bombings in London? I can list all of the major perpetrators first and last name. As well as the address of one of the key build houses. And about 20 other facts. Ask me how to score cribbage? I couldn't do it at gun point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,568 Posted June 15, 2018 Ask me how to score cribbage? I couldn't do it at gun point. Chick asked me to play the other night. I used to play so much as a kid, I was a whizz at adding the score. Could blurt it out without adding it 2 by 2 Now I play and I am like, 15 is 2, a run for 3 is 5 and the right jack for 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,647 Posted June 15, 2018 Just in case you're interested, 2008 had a few really big events. Like Mumbai. But really not a whole lot of Big Ticket items. On the flip side, 2005 was probably the single biggest year in the last Dozen Years. And knowing that? Does absolutely nothing for me. But hopefully it keeps the tau proteins from building up any faster then necessary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimmySmith 2,782 Posted June 15, 2018 At 46-47 it's like a switch flipped. Scary. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BufordT 371 Posted June 15, 2018 The day my ex said "I do". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,147 Posted June 15, 2018 About 40 years ago, I noticed that time keeps on slippin' into the future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,568 Posted June 15, 2018 last GFIAFP thread I read Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,568 Posted June 15, 2018 About 40 years ago, I noticed that time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into the future. fixed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meglamaniac 380 Posted June 15, 2018 50+ and don't see any change Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,147 Posted June 15, 2018 Also around 40 years ago, I noticed that the nearer my destination, the more I'm slip slidin' away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 1,652 Posted June 15, 2018 This shlt scares me because my memory is already horrific. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patriotsfatboy1 1,432 Posted June 15, 2018 Wait. What? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,568 Posted June 15, 2018 D'nile ain't just a river Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
12th Man 884 Posted June 15, 2018 Im not talking descent into senility here. Just no longer at the height of your powers. Im 38. I can already feel it. I used to have a good memory. Like freakishly good. Like could amaze people by reciting sh!t verbatim that was said months earlier. Thats gone. Of late, I cant seem to recall things I know as readily and quickly as I did. I also seem to be making a lot more dumbass mistakes anymore. Like forgetting to bring things. Forgetting why I came in a room. Starting to bum me out. Drugs. Should have laid off. Im sharp as ever. Clean, good living does that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted June 15, 2018 About 40 years ago, I noticed that time keeps on slippin' into the future.Really? Ive always thought it was slip sliding away. ETA: on the moon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 4,564 Posted June 15, 2018 It was right after I watched Billy Madison discuss how the industrial revolution changed the face of the modern novel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strike 3,980 Posted June 15, 2018 Memory has definitely slowly gotten worse since about 40. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,080 Posted June 15, 2018 When I was young I was given a choice between an extremely large pennis or a great memory. What are we talking about again? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 5,895 Posted June 15, 2018 Drugs. Should have laid off. Im sharp as ever. Clean, good living does that. Maybe if you smoked weed you wouldnt be so mad and threatening to beat people up online all the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,647 Posted June 15, 2018 Im sharp as ever. Clean, good living does that. That's the great thing about butter knives. It's not like they can get much duller. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,647 Posted June 15, 2018 I'm pretty sure all the hits that I took to my head playing sports as a youngster are the soul cause for me growing up to be a homicidal gay Mexican. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthernVike 2,080 Posted June 15, 2018 I'm pretty sure all the hits that I took to my head playing sports as a youngster are the soul cause for me growing up to be a homicidal gay Mexican. You forgot to sign in as Cruiser. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Guy 1,400 Posted June 15, 2018 Im not talking descent into senility here. Just no longer at the height of your powers. Im 38. I can already feel it. I used to have a good memory. Like freakishly good. Like could amaze people by reciting sh!t verbatim that was said months earlier. Thats gone. Of late, I cant seem to recall things I know as readily and quickly as I did. I also seem to be making a lot more dumbass mistakes anymore. Like forgetting to bring things. Forgetting why I came in a room. Starting to bum me out. I'm almost 60 and am sharper than ever Though I do struggle to memorize lyrics. I'm chalking that up to focus issues though which are related to diet, health and environment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MTSkiBum 1,594 Posted June 15, 2018 That's the great thing about butter knives. It's not like they can get much duller. That is good news for me! Oh, wait a second....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
12th Man 884 Posted June 15, 2018 Maybe if you smoked weed you wouldnt be so mad and threatening to beat people up online all the time. You're so cute when you follow me around Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,551 Posted June 15, 2018 Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber. And jeopardy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nobody 2,045 Posted June 15, 2018 37. Can't focus as long and memory going down hill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROCKFORD 134 Posted June 15, 2018 i think it was the LSD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supermike80 1,287 Posted June 15, 2018 im 51 and I still forget which side my gas cap is on. Yeah I know about the little icon, but I still have to look. That kinda bugs me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,147 Posted June 15, 2018 Slide slide slippity-slide With switches on the block in a '65 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BunnysBastatrds 1,921 Posted June 16, 2018 At 46-47 it's like a switch flipped. Scary. This. Hate it. I do payroll twice a month and have to fill in tiny boxes for ficca and what not. My account called me recently and asked why my 3's 5's and 8's are backwards. I still hand write checks for my 1099's. Dee: You wrote a check for $555.33 and wrote on the check three hundred thirty three and fifty five cents. Oooops. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted June 16, 2018 Not sure when it started, but I used to be much quicker and sharper in my 20s and 30s. The decline has been slow but steady. At 54, an ooccaisonal power nap really helps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 5,895 Posted June 16, 2018 That's the great thing about butter knives. It's not like they can get much duller. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
penultimatestraw 473 Posted June 16, 2018 Early 40s. I, too, had a great memory. More and more Im forgetting stuff, sometimes easy stuff gets stuck on the tip of my tongue. On the plus side, I just got my highest scrabble score the other night, against my wife. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites