Memory issues, here. I didn’t think I would have bad memory issues until just a while ago, I had a thought on the tip of my nose, but forgot it in seconds and how it took me minutes to recall it. That’s a key sign right there.
Some people have better memory in old age, like it’s unreal sometimes with what some of them can remember. While the average person forgets thoughts in moments.
You can do some stuff to help fight the memory issues. Push hard to keep learning new things. Find complicated problems to solve and keep solving them.
Nothing accelerates cognitive decline faster than becoming complacent and avoiding mentally challenging activities.
is there any reason research you know of that supports this? I am interested in the idea of keep learning to prevent degrading.
A bunch of studies have been run over the years. I’ve heard it every three or four years for probably the past decade or two.
A quick search will net a bunch of them. Search for scientific articles that show new learning decreases cognitive decline in old age.
You’ll get stuff like this:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/learning-new-skill-can-slow-cognitive-aging-201604279502
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Memory problems can occur after getting Covid, maybe that’s a factor as well?
Shingles. That was just awful.
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The switch to progressive lenses happened far sooner than I was hoping.
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Graying in the beard stayed away for a long time, and then in a matter of a year, decided to attack with all of its might. (Probably the same on my head too, but I’ve been shaving it forever so I wouldn’t know)
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Heartburn troubles. Though that was less about ageing and more about gaining weight after quitting smoking twelve years ago.
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Getting a bad back. My back is not bad as some I know, but it is sore and awful lot. 😔
Loss of imagination, patience, optimism
Now this is what I fear. The gradual loss of the childful optimism and joy. I have already lost some of it, but I’m sure it could be brought back. ^^
The gradual loss of the childful optimism and joy.
When I was a (hungry and impoverished) child, I was optimistic that hunger and poverty could be solved.
As an adult who teaches the study of humans, it is quite clear that the solutions are convenient enough, so will not be attempted.
Hungry children it is.
As someone with ADHD I’ve suffered with memory losses all my life!
Ahead of the curve…
I hope the ADHD doesn’t get worse as we age
I think the border symptoms do get worse and your medication resistance might increase (also, if your weight is increasing the same dosage will be less effective)… but in terms of the primary symptoms - I think they decrease. Or rather, I think our ability to cope and mask increases as we age. I’m currently a manager and keeping on top of other people doing their tasks and having their needs met is something I never imagined being able to do but now that I’m doing it it’s all sort of just working.
We get more skilled at dealing with our executive disorder as we age. We plan better for the possibility that we’ll be in an off mood or down a rabbit hole… we are (hopefully) more comfortable with sharing our condition with our relations so that partners are aware of our difficulties and strengths and can react accordingly - especially once we can overcome the deep shame about ADHD being a personal failing that was beaten into most of us… we give our brain time to indulge and better set internal expectations and accept that some weekends we’ll never touch a feather duster while other weekends we’ll deep clean our living space and just… be okay with that.
I’m sure in the extremes it’s rough and there are studies that our ADHD is an increased risk factor for dementia so… eventually we’re all probably fucked… but hopefully that’s a long way off.
back pain, one day you’ll wake up and everything just falls apart
Early onset arthritis. Yet another kind of bad to thank my mother for.
The longsightedness really came on quick and took me by surprise. Within a matter of maybe 6 months I went from taking my glasses off to read my phone to increasing the text size on my phone and learning shortcuts of all my work applications. And no, it doesn’t counteract the shortsightedness! You’re fucked both ways!
Joint pain. Muscle pain. Drastically slower healing of minor cuts and scrapes.
You thought those wouldn’t affect you???
Not before the age of 30!!! At least not this badly
It’s going to get worse.
Genetics are not on my side in this regard. Extensive family history of everything under the sun, including degenerative joint issues, hypermobility, diabetes, blood pressure, etc…
I started having trouble with one of my knees when I was a teenager, probably due to reckless behavior. Still have chronic joint pain, with most of them, but at least I don’t get the acute knee pain anymore. I can usually tell when my knee movement is going to cause problems and stop the action before it kicks in. But it’s been at least a year since i was pain free without medication.
23 here and I have back pain, but a good exercise can always fix this real fast
Mine got fully away after buying a really good (and expensive) gaming chair and a new mattress. The gaming industry has done so much for our health, it’s insane. :)
Don’t get gaming chairs. Get a good office chair. Like a herman miller chair
Had another poster point this is out, and after thinking on it, I have the same issue and cure. Go walking.
If I sit on my ass for a day or three, my lower back gets really sore. As long as I’m active, no problem.
I’m skinny and always have been, YMMV.
Deadlifts fixed my backaches at age 29. Haven’t had any issues since as long as I keep up the routine.
Husband says the same. Deadlifts fixed his back. I have this far been lucky but do yoga 4x/week and lift once or twice a week. The yoga I am sure really helps.
I expected the health problems, the memory loss, all that stuff. The only old person thing I hoped would never happen is becoming a right-wing shithead. Nothing so far!
No way! Better dead than red!
I’ve been worried my mother might go that way, just from age, but luckily she’s been getting more left as the years go on. This gives me hope for myself as well!
