Is My Memory Loss Due to MS, Aging, or Something Else?

I have R&R MS since 1984, and there are day's that I can see someone that I have recently met, and cannot for the life of me, remember their name or who they are, then remember them, a few minutes later with no problem. I can remember number combinations from 40 years ago, yet forget a phone number 10 seconds after hearing it; not all the time, it's sporadic!

Firstly, I am not a Multiple Sclerosis patient. Nevertheless, I began studying the disease state almost 40 years ago. I am 64 years old. My research started when living in Hollywood beginning in the late 70's after meeting and becoming friends with David Lander (Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley). He is now 71 and in the late stages of MS. I have a friend these days diagnosed at 29, now 31. He has made the run through all latest greatest monoclonal antibodies and is doing well. Now having full access to the fully mapped human genome, I have discovered a way to communicate with the negative regulatory Lingo-1 protein and re-program it mathematically, thereby allowing the Li81 antibody to bind properly to form the FAB Complex. Wow. I apologize. I strayed. At 64, it is quite common for me to routinely forget the reason I walk into the kitchen. Names, on the tip of my tongue - can't remember. In my home, everything is in it's place. Grocery shopping - always a list (even 4 items). It is truly not unusual in our mid 60's for one to experience short term memory loss to some degree. As far as Multiple Sclerosis - the MS patient community seems to increasingly impress me. You guy's have what I would try to sum up very quickly as a certain wisdom about life which I have not begun to approach. I believe that every curse comes with a gift of equal balance and vice versa. I find myself reading your blogs hearing within your words that of not only wisdom, but hope. An ability to live within the moment, fight your daily battles - and win. I have a great amount of respect for the journey you are taking and along the way, the accomplishments. Thank you all for sharing your feelings on social media. I assure you that at least for myself, and I am sure there are many others, for having have read your stories, feel a bit wiser for the experience. I am grateful.

Hi All, I had a bad weekend Friday took the wrong cut off going to visit my friend in which I travel the same route for over 30 years. Saturday left back door open when I went out shopping and visiting another friend only to find out this when I returned.
Sunday went to bed earlier than usual and spent most my night on the side of the bed in a lot of pain, then only to go down stairs in the morning to have tea before going to work and noticed i hadn't too my medication before going to bed. So all and all NIGHTMARE

Grey matter atrophy can contribute substantially to cognitive impairment but grey matter is not yet easy to image. It is not really detectible on standard MRI.

I am 61 and was also worried about my forgetfulness...until I went away for a weekend with a good friend. I was the one who actually came up with the elusive word or two and remembered far more than she did. It made me feel "good" because it probably is simple aging and not MS. It has me wondering about the bladder issues, too, as well as some aspects of balance problems. At this point in life, it really is hard to distinguish between typical aging and MS problems. Regardless, I believe healthy eating and exercising the best we can is key to a much better quality of life for all of us.

I had CCSVI when it first was talked about(2 stories in Telegraph Google: Telegraph, Mark Walker, MS, CCSVI). My brain fog lifted over the months after the Venoplasty and has not returned since then. MS 'experts' say CCSVI is rubbish but it solved memory problems for me! A friend with MS had the same experience as me with brain fog but we are both in wheelchairs so it is not the cause of MS. To me CCSVI is a treatable effect of MS. I am 60 years young this year.

I am 60 something. When my friends and I have a conversation, we laugh. They are nonMS and lose words and thoughts "you know that thing that..." I know I am blessed because I participate in a research study and for years, it was the same list of objects. I'd go in and say last year, I kept on forgetting "squirrel." Well, last year they changed that list entirely and I was PERFECT. In another repeating test, they wouldn't tell me what I missed as they said I was sure to remember. It's not all or always MS

I was diagnosed in 1995! As I live with and understand more of the effects of Ms, I have found that doing word games and crossword puzzles really has helped me A LOT! Every day I do Mahjong and word games on line as part of my daily routine. I highly recommend it!

I received an Amazon Alexa for Christmas, a wonderful gift but I thought it was overkill because my needs are minimal, but am pleasantly surprised. I have her programmed to remind me to do my exercises, take my meds, record random thoughts that fly soon out of my head. I also set reminders to put information like appointments in my calendar. When I’m on the phone and I don’t have a pen I can repeat things for her to remind me later.j

There are many reasons for memory loss.

Hi everyone. I was dx with RRMS in 1997. I don’t know if my initial symptoms were the norm for MS because I experienced loss of feeling from the left side of my face through my chest and around to the back. I could not feel hot or cold or touch. My brain showed a single lesion and my Lp was positive. I was immediately put on injections. With the symptoms reversing . About 15 years ago I lost the feeling in both of my legs. The right leg returned to normal after about three days while the left one did not. I now wear a brace that goes under my foot and allows me to walk without dragging my foot. I have had no other symptoms except for nerve pain. My reason for this post is that I have had one neurologist say to me is who told you that you were told you had MS. II do suffer from cog fog but I am also 72 y/o.