Early Onset Demetia Question

[KristalK]

There are plenty of on line reference sites but I'm asking if anyone has personal experience of early on set dementia. My husband is in his fifties and over the past few years his memory and manner are changing and deteriorating. Yes we all forget things and I sometimes find myself upstairs in the bedroom with no memory of why I've gone up there but this is different. He asked me the other day how to spell 'The'. The last time we drove somewhere together on very familiar roads he went the wrong way then argued he hadn't, said it was a more 'scenic' route. He is going from happy go lucky to grumpy and intolerant. I've tried to get to the bottom of it, is he depressed is there something troubling him he says no. There is a history of demetia on both his mothers side (mother and grandmother) and his fathers side (Uncle). I can't get him to go to our GP he says 'its stupid there is nothing wrong with me'. I say well if that's the case he has nothing to worry about. So, am I on the right track with a possible dementia prognosis or could it be something else, male menopause? Has anyone been in this situation and how can I deal with it. If it is dementia the longer its left the worse the outcome for him I'm at my wits end.

[woofgang]

Conne, it might not be dementia, and even if it is, its not always the same as your poor friend has had to face.