If you notice these early signs of dementia, you need to act now.
DATA:
0:00 Introduction: Dementia
0:10 Is it dementia?
2:00 What is dementia?
2:25 Early signs of dementia
5:15 Preventing dementia
Today I’m going to cover six early signs of dementia. Keep in mind that these could also be signs of other things like a lack of sleep, a blood sugar problem, or many other things—not necessarily dementia.
Dementia is a mental decline. Certain parts of the brain are actually shrinking—specifically the hippocampus.
6 early signs of dementia:
1. Difficulty organizing and planning things
2. Personality changes
3. Constipation
4. Sensory dysfunction
5. Language problems
6. Problems navigating
If you think you’re showing early signs of dementia, it’s best to act now. Don’t wait until it becomes a bigger problem.
Important things you can do right now:
1. Take vitamin B1 (nutritional yeast)
2. Fix the gut (consume a variety of vegetables, get on a low-carb diet, consume organic foods, and do fasting)
3. Consume sprouts (broccoli sprouts)
4. Generate ketones (do intermittent fasting and prolonged fasting and take MCT oil or exogenous ketones)
5. Consume ginkgo biloba
6. Consume lion’s mane mushroom
7. Consume omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D, and zinc, and get plenty of exercise and sleep
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Thanks for watching! I hope this helps make you more aware of the early signs of dementia.
61 responses to “The 6 WARNING Signs of Dementia”
Both on my parents suffered from dementia. Both started showing signs at about 80, and both lived to be 89, but by the end neither one knew my name anymore. My dad actually got more easy going, but my mom became paranoid, combative and argumentative, and lost her great sense of humor. My brothers and I took care of her at home for years before a stroke put her in the hospital and then a nursing home the last 1 1/2 months of her life. Every day was a battle with her. She didn’t want to do anything she needed to do, told each of us we didn’t love her, accused us of trying to poison her when we gave her meds, told us we’d be glad when she was dead, and so on. It was really heartbreaking, and hard to deal with emotionally.
@Myo Lay How so?
Thank you for sharing this and so very sorry for what you went through. I teared up reading this. I can just imagine you and your family caring for your parents only to receive anger in return, even though it’s not really them acting that way or their fault – it’s the disorder talking. It also pains me to think we tend to remember our loved ones in their negative states because that is what stands out the most and that is the most recent state they are in before they leave us. I lost my grandparents earlier this year from a different cause and find it difficult to remember them in their healthier days. I’m so sorry again for your loss and for what you went through and hope your sadness can be overcome with peace and strength.
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That is just heartbreaking. Can only imagine how difficult that must have been. Thank you for sharing what happened.
My mother died from dementia. I took care of her by myself at home. I miss her so much. She was the best mother. She’s been gone 5 months now
Feel for you Sheila such a horrible illness, my dad passed away last month with vascular dementia, was horrible to watch him going down hill so fast , just keep the happy times in your heart , bless you , from Scotland.
@Mario Pastora
AMEN 🙏🏽 HALLELUJAH
🎵🎶🎤🎵.. because He lives, I can face tomorrow…because he lives, all FEAR is GONE. and I know, oh, oh, HE holds the FUTURE, and life is WORTH the LIVING. just BECAUSE HE LIVES…🎶🎤🎼🎵✨🙏🏽🕊😇
@Gina H. How
Do you know ?
🤗I lost mine in 2013, but it still hurts to talk about it face to face.😪
@elizabeth nicoll
I’m so sorry..
it’s a transition people don’t ever understand, until they are faced with their own family member, “here today and gone tomorrow..”
may God comfort you and try to remember all the good times and little – beautiful memories of your mom…
those memories, only you and her shared…
Kaimana
These symptoms are all too familiar to me. Especially the personality changes, Sensory dysfunction, language problems, and problems navigating. It’s almost a road map of symptoms to know how far developed the dementia has become. My other parent is now at the same stage of sensory dysfunction as they often bring me “bugs” they find only to find out that it’s nothing more than a piece of clothing or threads. Their sense of smell and taste changes also. The smell things that are not there. Unfortunately when signs of navigation issues start to show it’s time to take the keys away from them. Until then, I encourage my parent to do as much as possible to remain independent. When you stop working, you start dying.
One thing I’d add to the list of causative factors is too much constant prescription medication. Most elders are on at least 12 medications working in combination. When I checked my mom’s meds out, everyone of them had memory loss as a potential side effect. When a person is going down that path the symptoms can seem like dementia and unfortunately they’re too out of it to be able to properly complain with an accurate description of what they’re feeling. So they’re written off as an age related dementia/Alzheimer’s patient. If a loved one is having cognitive issues the first thing I’d check is what prescription drugs are being taken and to gradually get them off every one unless absolutely needed. Most doctors are amazingly passive about this issue. Since their income streams are tied to this they’re only too happy to prescribe more. This over prescribing of drugs is the worst health destroyer there is. But it’s a goldmine for doctors.
YES! All these supplements without removing those is pissing in the wind.
@Reuven Aristiqta me too
Today my granddaddy went to see his sister who is in the late stages of Dementia, possibly for the last time. Wonderfully enough she still remembers him.
Thinking about her not remembering her brother really hurt my brother and I to imagine going through such a thing.
So, my brother told me he wants us to get together and write down some of our favorite memories together, that way if either of us got to that point we could read it to each other and possibly remember again..
Excuse me while I dry my keyboard!
That’s a wonderful idea❤
Dear Dr. Berg, Thank you so much for your great videos. I’ve been on the ketogenic diet for 5 years now, but I’ve only recently discovered your videos. I am a 59-year-old Japanese living in Europe and have had three surgeries for cervical cancer and polyps in the nose and the uterus. I had lost my father due to cardiac problems and stomach cancer, and my mother lives with Altzheimer’s disease. They were very careful about what to eat and skinny. In retrospect, I believe they had the glucose-insulin problem. I wish I had known your videos much earlier! We can watch your video with subtitles in many different languages, but not in Japanese. I’m an experienced translator, so would you allow me to produce Japanese subtitles as a volunteer translator? I truly appreciate your policy to educate people about the root causes of diseases, and I want the Japanese people watch your videos. There are many people in Japan who need the knowledge that you share with us.
DR BERG!!! I HOPE YOU ARE READING THIS
Hi I hope he let you give permission to do in Japanese,
@Dr. Eric Berg DC Thank you very much. I sent an email to her. Also my great appreciation to you all who suppoted me. Thank you!!!!
I remember taking a course about dementia and I started worrying about my loved ones. But one of the things that stayed with me was: don’t worry if you walk out from the store and forget where you parked.. You worry if you forget that you drove (how you got there, how to get home etc..)
Or what the function of your keys are!
Or if you try to drive home in someone else’s car!
Thank you for discussing dementia. My mom was diagnosed with dementia and then Alzheimer’s. What a nightmare. I believe it is harder on the family, caregiver when it reaches a certan point. They don’t know what is going on and it is very difficult to watch someone you love suffer with this. We had to put alarms on all the doors because she would try to out. She was convinced my father (who had passed away 18 years ago), was living under her bed and would put plates of food for him under the bed. She couldn’t understand why he wasn’t eating. Very sad.
God bless your parents. I lost my mom a year and a half ago. This must have been traumatic to you. My grandmother went through the same thing. It is hard to watch.
yeah its awful. wishing you the best 🙏
I’m sorry for your loss.
This is incredible. I am a physical therapist assistant so clearly I don’t diagnose anyone with dementia but I do home health care so I work with these patients. It’s amazing how what you eat as well as your urogenital health affects your mind. When I see a patient who is normally pretty sharp but suddenly seems confused… Nine times out of 10 it’s a urinary tract infection.
If a UTI can sideline Connor Roy, it can sideline anybody
Yes I work in the health field and UTI’s work on peoples mind, confusion, agitation, even antibiotics work on older peoples mind.
Omg
What am I supposed to eat?…I don’t even remember what the guy said…🤣
Yep! It is surprising how few healthcare pros know this.
Just one HUGE thank you for all of your help for as long as I can remember… Your gift to humanity in my lifetime is sooo… appreciated.
Who else puts all of their knowledge on a whiteboard and connects the dots, and explains the entire deal? Answer: No one
Thank you for EVERYTHING that you do.
You are my “ go to” Dr. for everything. Best regards
Thank you very much. Greatly appreciate your comment!
My mum was diagnosed with dementia and paranoid delusions but when they got her off the numerous drugs she had been prescribed for years much of her cognative ability returned. She would be capable of looking after herself now but had a complete mental breakdown due to the drugs and is in aged care. I worked in health care for 42 years and was asking my patients if they had had a medication review in the last 6 months. Very few had had a review by their doctor or a pharmacist. My mother was one of those, I had been trying to get a review for a couple of years but she believed that prescribed medications were benign.
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My dad is 92 he has dementia he doesn’t reginise me it’s so sad 😞
Same thing happened to my mother in law
@Rosemary Paget It is very sad Rosemary.
My Mom started to forget who I was around 93 yrs.
Though she lived until 100.
First time she didn’t recognize me I cried, then she cried. We both realized what that meant.
She was in and out of clarity. Feisty as heck.
It was a long struggle but always kept in mind it was worse for her.
Maybe your Dad, like Mom knows you are important to him but just can’t get full clarity.
Take care of yourself too!!
I’m so sorry for your loss. Dementia runs in my family on my mother’s side, and I understand much of what you went through. You have my admiration for caring for your mama. God bless you.
Hello how are you doing?
I’m right up there with you. My Grandfather once told me that he didn’t think I’d have to worry about it, but as both my grandma and her eldest daughter had it, I’m not taking chances.
Thanks Dr. Berg for your fantastic videos. So helpful!! I’m a zebra, survivor of a rare endocrine tumor- pheochromacytoma. It caused extremely high levels of cortisol. At the peak, before diagnosis, I had all of these symptoms. It was akin to having Alzheimer’s. I started getting lost on my daily commutes to/from work which was 90% freeway.
My memory became horrible.
After removal things normalized a lot. I was 32 and very athletic.
I’m lucky to be alive. Barely survived heart failure and all sorts issues. I’m often curious what the long term affects of living in that state might be. Not much info. I empathize with anyone experiencing that level of confusion. Its hard to be aware enough to know something isn’t right, and sensing frustration from everyone around you, but not aware enough to comprehend the full extent of the issues. Asking for the time every 5 minutes was annoying to everyone, but to me, each time was like the first ask. Hormones are key to health, on every level. More info on how to reset those would be great.
Thanks again for being awesome!
Dr Berg, what you do is so unselfish and makes a big difference in this world. Thank you.
Agree!
Agreed as well. I have learned so much watching him. ❤
I’m sure he’s well paid!
Dr. Berg, my mom and grandmom had dementia. Although their doctors could not do a direct blood test to test for it they went by their symptoms, which you mention here exactly. Though they also had other conditions as irritable bowel syndrome, reflux, depression, stress which sometimes would not let them sleep which I think worsened their dementia, etc. One physical effect from dementia that further alerted their doctors was that the brains of my poor mom and grandmom were being reported on their CT scans as ” shrinking ” and ” losing volume “. It was heart breaking to hear such things and it was hard for them too because they realized that they were having problems with their memory and were not able to do much about it. Their doctors did not make any recommendations about it either. You do. This parallels what you talk about in this video. Dr. Berg, you are a Godsend for helping us understand such things. Your presentations are going to help a lot of people at least improve their health because they are very clear and excellent. I lost grandmom at close to age 103 at a nursing home which did not care much about her by putting her in a room with no heat. She had dementia, but she could still talk and reason. Her hearing and sight made it tough for people to see how far her dementia was, but still a life is a life. Just because someone has dementia they are still a human being. They would not feed her or clean her. I had to do it. They did not even give her the medicines. Eventually she got chest congested and got pneumonia from the cold room. Their own radiologist told them to do follow up care after finding pneumonia on a chest X ray. They ignored him. They did not even tell me about it and just let her drown in her own lung secretions. The least they could have done was call 911 to send her to a hospital. They even refused to give her back to me. I also found her with bruises on her forehead which they ignored to explain. New York State, the Department of Health and even the District Attorney all protect these nursing homes. They all ignored us. This was a nursing home in the Bronx, Riverdale, New York. Diseases like dementia puts us all in danger if we are alone, find ourselves in a situation like my grandmother with criminals who took away her life and fear no prosecution, and if we live in a state like New York that does not prosecute repeat offenders from nursing homes and does not care about the elderly population. Age should not be a death sentence to our parents or grandparents, but that seems to be the pretext that they use to hurt them, including dementia. Thanks
Thanks for your comment. Appreciate it!
I had ALL of these symptoms during a time of severe stress in my life and they all resolved when better times came along. Diagnosing dementia in early stage is difficult.
Omg I’m in this now…
I feel it now resigned from job and will go to the caribbean to rest and then work intermittently
@Melinda Jackson do it and good luck ….!
Due to these comments I am not letting my hypochondriac personality tell me I have early stages of Dementia, thank you 🙏🏻
It’s impossible actually
Gingko biloba can cause little strokes in the elderly. When my Grandmother was getting worse, I wanted to try Gingko, and a friend who was more into it than me warned me about that. It also seemed that that had happened and I felt bad about it.
Sometimes I reassure myself and others that I may have had dementia at 6! My Mother had sent me to the shops with a ten Shillong note but it seemed to disappear and then re-surfaced months later under the doll’s pram mattress… also there is a lot to be said for lifestyle when it comes to ‘short term memory loss’ as there can be too much sameness and lack of stimulation when stuck at home in retirement so it is good to remedy this and try to stay alert and interested in life. Brilliant informative article thank you.
I care for my brother with Alzheimers. I’ve noticed a huge improvement when I put him on MCT, GABA, B vitamins and prebiotic, remove most gluten. I may not get him to eat vegetables but it was a big improvement with his tracking! He couldn’t track at all when I first got him! He was previously a very heavy drunker.
My mother-in-law had signs of dementia and we took her in for a full physical and it turned out she was actually severely anemic. The doctor put her on some high iron medication. It took three months but her iron went slowly up. After we got that fixed all her dementia symptoms were gone. I really appreciate your cautionary thing about not diagnosing your spouse.