Mom, 47, diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease reveals the first symptoms she noticed
In general, it can weaken or completely eliminate spatial understanding, behavior and personality, language, reasoning, and/or memory. As of today, there is no cure for Alzheimer’s, but medications may manage symptoms and slow its progression.
“People with memory loss or other Alzheimer’s symptoms may have difficulty recognizing changes in their own mind and body. These signs may be more obvious to loved ones,” the Cleveland Clinic writes.
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.”Continue reading…
