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tj - 26 Oct 2004 16:54 GMT

Is it usual for memory problems to be more erratic with vascular dementia
as compared to AD?
Wife was dxed with vascular dementia in December and i'vr noticed that
sometimes her short term memory is markedly better than others.

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Gwen Love - 26 Oct 2004 19:29 GMT

tj, with any dementia there are times when everything seems to click for a
moment or two and memory works; but then it goes back to not remembering.
My husband had two mild strokes and AD, and this happened to him.
Gwen

> Is it usual for memory problems to be more erratic with vascular dementia
> as compared to AD?
> Wife was dxed with vascular dementia in December and i'vr noticed that
> sometimes her short term memory is markedly better than others.

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Songbird - 26 Oct 2004 20:02 GMT

As I understand it, progression is more erratic than in Alz, but as with any
disease, can have good and bad days depending on other factors.

Songbird

> tj, with any dementia there are times when everything seems to click for a
> moment or two and memory works; but then it goes back to not remembering.
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>> Wife was dxed with vascular dementia in December and i'vr noticed that
>> sometimes her short term memory is markedly better than others.

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