Mom, 47, diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease reveals the first symptoms she noticed

Staci Marklin had a two-year-old son, Gunnar, when she noticed the first symptoms that something was wrong. However, initially, she dismissed the symptoms as having “mom brain” post the tough period of having a toddler.

Mother who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s reveals first symptoms

However, it wasn’t. Staci Marklin had Alzheimer’s and noticed that she began switching words around. She told Unilad that, for example, she’d say things like “move the carpet,” instead of “move the curtain.”

“There would be times when things would just disappear from my brain. Someone once asked me about a co-worker, and I had absolutely no idea who they were talking about. I could tell it was someone I should know by the way they were talking. It was a few days later when I realized it was a co-worker that I had worked really closely with.”

Staci’s grandmother had Alzheimer’s, and she began considering that she might have it too. While a doctor told her that it was rare for her age, it was the reality.

After undergoing several tests, Staci was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in October 2024. An amyloid PET scan revealed amyloid plaques in her brain.

At that time, Staci had already quit working, and as she saw the results, she understood what it meant. She and her husband were in shock, crying together, and knew that “nothing would ever be the same.”Continue reading…