CThe hanges in memory as you get older – as engaging as possible – are perfectly normal.
“It could be harder to access things quickly, but you got into that state, 'if you give me a few minutes, or you give me a cue or a sign, then yes, it'll come back,'” Dr. Daniel Lesley, a neurologist at Remo Health, a virtual dementia care company. “You are not as sharp as you are, but as long as you can set up techniques for yourself -such as learning to write things down -you can make information that is easier to access and know what is important.”
We asked Lesley to share what to do once you start to feel your memory slipping, and little things you can do every day to keep your brain sharp.
Find out if something returns is happening
If you notice that you have more memory lapses, mention it with your main care doctor – and be prepared to share specific examples. You may be experiencing something to be returned. “Any age may look like they have some form of dementia if they are too stressful, if their sleep is difficult, if their B12 is low, or if they have ongoing infection or inflammation or some other psychological thing happening,” Lesley said. For example, for example, Infections such as Lyme's disease and Autoimmune diseases like lupus is linked to the brain fog that causes the difficulties of giving up as a problem that focuses or remembers the words, as well as a collapse in working memory, allowing people to do tasks and solve problems without looking for information. “If you think you're having problems,” Lesley said, “look at the things we can fix.”
Set up a task
The more things you can automate, the more reserves you need to focus on whatever you do right now. “If you are juggling a crazy schedule that is always changing, or you put things in different places, then you need to reinstate or re -revolve the same things each time,” Lesley said. “That's a providing load.”
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Instead, make it a point to do your activities at once each day (and consider using alarms to signal time to start each other), set up spots where you always lower your keys or set your glasses, and make a list of what to do that you cross as you go along.
Exercise your brain
Many so -called brain games don't really help keep you sharp. If you play a game on the computer where you follow a fish with your cursor, for example, “then you're good at using a mouse to catch fish,” Lesley said. “It is not necessary to translate to anything that matters to you.”
Instead, prioritize increasing your reserves that give -up through ongoing education such as signing up for a class that attracts you or uses an app to find out a new language, he suggests.
Talk to someone else day -day
The one best thing most people can do to improve their memory skills and thinking has a social circle. “Social activity is what people have built,” Lesley said. Talking to others expands the pool of what is exposed to you every day, which helps ensure that you continue to learn. Plus, “You don't know what's coming out of other people's mouths, so keep yourself more responding to those comments,” he said.
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If you find it difficult to hear what your friends say, talk to your doctor. Research was found Light hearing loss doubles the risk of dementia, while its moderate loss of triple, and severe loss increases five times. “If you have hearing problems, interfere with your social activity, which interferes with your memory more than anything,” Lesley said.
Write things down – or make a jingle about them
“If you just listen to one person, then it will go to one ear and it may come out to another,” Lesley said. If you write it, however, then read it out loud – or make a attractive jingle or joke about it – you will have many routes back to easily summon whatever you want to remember.
Cut out the clutter again
Keep your life as uncomplicated as possible, Lesley advised. It doesn't just mean tracking how much things are on your desk or your office. Although your wall wall is important: “If you have different pictures on each part of your wall, and you are interrupted each time by a different picture, then many more should be monitored,” he said. Going in a more minimalist direction can benefit your brain health.
Take care of financial concerns immediately
Money care is great that can hinder stress and anxiety. Budgeting, planning for the future, and enrolling professional help if you need it around financial concerns is good for your brain. “Living anxiety on the side can definitely drop your IQ,” Lesley said. Research was found That when farmers talk to financial concerns such as damage to their crops, for example, their IQ drops 13 points compared to when they are not concerned about their financial stability.
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Not all financial concerns are in your control. But taking care of those who, by incorporating a financial work, “will do wonders in terms of memory and thinking,” he added.
