Tonight's diary is by BF Skinner
Hello everyone, I've been asked to write tonights diary and so I thought I'd provide an update as to how I am doing.
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I was diagnosed back in 2009 with early onset dementia. Since that time I moved from living alone to an assisted living facility where I live now. The main problem was not being motivated/initated to take my meds... I know I needed them, I wanted to take them, I just did not do so enough. I was probably at 50 percent compliance.
Its hard to explain the feeling, it was not that I was wanting to not take them, it was just I could not summon up the energy to do so. So my condition did not get treated as well as it could have, and so I was in a giant Catch-22.
I ended up moving into where I did since they come and bring me my meds 3 times a day. I take about 25 meds so I no longer have to worry about not taking them. I got caught up, so to speak, with them and so now I am 100 percent compliant.
For the year or so they worked fine, and I no longer was having the problems I had before, but as of late I've noticed things are starting to go downhill a bit. Even with the meds I am having problems focusing and getting the initative to do other things.
I've managed to work through-out this process and to keep ahead of eveyrthing until recently. Tasks are starting to slip by and I am having a harder time in focusing.
I've even noticed a difference in my posting on here... I've begun to post less and have a harder time when I do post.
I hope all I need is a medication tune-up, I need to schedule an appointment with my neurologist sometime in the next week or two.
Otherwise except for a kidney stone break up or three, my non-cognitive health has been ok. Its just the brain that seems to be the issue. I just need to shake off my fuzz, get on the ball again and keep plugging away.
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