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100. Unlikely it's Alzheimer's. More likely the generic dim bulbiness
that goes along with the aging process. By the way. That word you're searching for? It'll come to you in the middle of the night. The "up" side to getting old is if you happen to remember the word at the time and it's something not terribly polite, the "what-the-hell" gene kicks in and you say it anyway.
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  -Any Other 40+ Experience This? Robert Murphy  Feb-11-09 06:41 PM   #0 
  - It's called "sometimers disease"  Hoopla Phil   Feb-11-09 06:42 PM   #1 
  - I can't relate. I know that the perfect bon mot is always a variant of "fuck"  JVS   Feb-11-09 06:43 PM   #2 
  - I'm glad  12string   Feb-11-09 10:43 PM   #86 
  - I wouldn't worry about it, Robert. I'm about to turn 50 and...  Atman   Feb-11-09 06:44 PM   #3 
  - LOL!! (N/T)  Robert Murphy   Feb-11-09 06:45 PM   #6 
  - What's really fun is when you forget the names of things....like the  Saphire   Feb-12-09 06:34 AM   #97 
  - Wait till you find your car keys in the fridge  eleny   Feb-11-09 06:45 PM   #4 
  - i found the tickets  DesertFlower   Feb-11-09 06:51 PM   #17 
  - Or put the milk away in the dish cabinet...  JerseygirlCT   Feb-11-09 06:57 PM   #30 
  - Nothing wrong with that.  Blue_In_AK   Feb-11-09 06:45 PM   #5 
  - Yeh, takes longer to get it from the hard drive to the desk top  eleny   Feb-11-09 06:46 PM   #7 
  - Halfheimer's. . .  Journeyman   Feb-11-09 06:46 PM   #8 
  - You people kill me....  Robert Murphy   Feb-11-09 06:49 PM   #12 
  - I'm 10 yrs younger and it happens to me all the time  Fleshdancer   Feb-11-09 06:48 PM   #9 
  - I had a math professor who once said "I had a thought but it died of loneliness."  CTyankee   Feb-12-09 02:31 PM   #107 
     - I wanna use that one...  joeunderdog   Feb-12-09 02:34 PM   #108 
  - It started a few years prior to age 40 with my first pregnancy. Could not remember a thing.  TBF   Feb-11-09 06:48 PM   #10 
  - I had the same experience when I was pregnant  netania99   Feb-11-09 07:23 PM   #44 
  - Nothing to worry about...  virgdem   Feb-11-09 06:48 PM   #11 
  - Yea. I had that one thing happen at that one place that one time  yodoobo   Feb-11-09 06:49 PM   #13 
  - i'm 67. i came down with  DesertFlower   Feb-11-09 06:49 PM   #14 
  - 41 isn't old ya goof!  cherish44   Feb-11-09 06:50 PM   #15 
  - I'm Wid YA!!!!  Robert Murphy   Feb-11-09 06:51 PM   #18 
  - There is a scientific term for that ...CRS  Winterblues   Feb-11-09 06:50 PM   #16 
  - Defintely not Alzhiemers  Boomerang Diddle   Feb-11-09 06:51 PM   #19 
  - No, it's just a full brain.  Stellabella   Feb-11-09 06:52 PM   #20 
  - Ah Robert, welcome to my world.. The word is there, I know it so then  monmouth   Feb-11-09 06:52 PM   #21 
  - Happened to you at 20 as well.  HeresyLives   Feb-11-09 06:52 PM   #22 
  - You're absolutely..... ummm... wait a minute....  Canuckistanian   Feb-11-09 06:53 PM   #23 
  - Happens all the time for me.....  Tripper11   Feb-11-09 06:54 PM   #24 
  - The dreaded chemo brain!  latebloomer   Feb-11-09 07:27 PM   #47 
  - chemo knocked me for a loop...  LiberalHeart   Feb-11-09 10:56 PM   #89 
  - well....  Neecy   Feb-11-09 06:54 PM   #25 
  - If women go through "menopause", what do men go through?  baldguy   Feb-11-09 09:27 PM   #83 
  - Buck up there. It's going to get worse.  Betsy Ross   Feb-11-09 06:54 PM   #26 
  - Yeah, the phrase "It was on the tip of my tongue" is one of my most often-used phrases these days.  KansDem   Feb-11-09 06:54 PM   #27 
  - Just age, I think  JerseygirlCT   Feb-11-09 06:56 PM   #28 
  - topamax...  CitizenPatriot   Feb-11-09 07:21 PM   #43 
     - That was 6 awful weeks for me  JerseygirlCT   Feb-11-09 07:32 PM   #49 
        - I know!  CitizenPatriot   Feb-11-09 07:36 PM   #55 
  - I forget why I'm repling to you, but it seems normal to me...  TheCowsCameHome   Feb-11-09 06:57 PM   #29 
  - Because...  Robert Murphy   Feb-11-09 07:01 PM   #33 
     - Oh great, now I'm hearing voices.............  TheCowsCameHome   Feb-11-09 07:09 PM   #39 
  - As a fellow writer, I have to pass on a George Clooney paraphrase that might calm you:  Mike 03   Feb-11-09 06:58 PM   #31 
  - All the time.  geckosfeet   Feb-11-09 06:59 PM   #32 
  - Have you had the lovely experience yet  cordelia   Feb-11-09 07:01 PM   #34 
  - Happens all the time  latebloomer   Feb-11-09 07:33 PM   #50 
  - I wrote my post before reading yours. I think it's #52, but I forget.  Cerridwen   Feb-11-09 07:36 PM   #56 
     - Ha ha!  latebloomer   Feb-11-09 08:27 PM   #69 
        - :D  Cerridwen   Feb-11-09 08:40 PM   #75 
  - I've done that since I was about 10.  Withywindle   Feb-11-09 07:53 PM   #62 
  - what's worse is going upstairs  Pakhet   Feb-12-09 09:38 AM   #104 
  - No - unlikely - sounds normal  stray cat   Feb-11-09 07:02 PM   #35 
  - When this happened to me in my 20's  marybourg   Feb-11-09 07:02 PM   #36 
  - You're going through male pre-menopause  Holly_Hobby   Feb-11-09 07:03 PM   #37 
  - Mentalpause  Sisaruus   Feb-11-09 07:40 PM   #58 
  - I don't know Robert-That happens to me all the time.  Kajsa   Feb-11-09 07:03 PM   #38 
  - We joke about playing "find that noun"  DBoon   Feb-11-09 07:11 PM   #40 
  - check your B12 levels . . . I had developed pernicious anemia and thought I had lost my mind (42)  zazen   Feb-11-09 07:14 PM   #41 
  - I had the very same thing happen  w8liftinglady   Feb-11-09 08:30 PM   #72 
     - are you still on them? (you could e-mail me if you want) n/t  zazen   Feb-12-09 01:04 PM   #105 
  - No, hardly the onset of Alzheimer's  sarge43   Feb-11-09 07:20 PM   #42 
  - Ha! Welcome to the second half of your life.  TexasObserver   Feb-11-09 07:26 PM   #45 
  - CRS Disease - Can't Remember Shit!  Red State Rebel   Feb-11-09 07:27 PM   #46 
  - ???? happens  hay rick   Feb-11-09 07:31 PM   #48 
  - Stress can cause havoc with your memory as well.  Cerridwen   Feb-11-09 07:34 PM   #51 
  - it happens to me, I'm 44 and my Dad has Alzheimer's  eShirl   Feb-11-09 07:35 PM   #52 
  - Wait.  Lugnut   Feb-11-09 07:35 PM   #53 
  - . . . eh? . . . say what . . .?  ConcernedCanuk   Feb-11-09 07:35 PM   #54 
  - Dude - Wait til 60. That's when the warranty runs out.  GoneOffShore   Feb-11-09 07:39 PM   #57 
  - I am a writer and editor and this happens to me all the time. My brain switched from memory  McCamy Taylor   Feb-11-09 07:44 PM   #59 
  - "The wisdom of the staircase" -- because you always remember on the way down the exit stairs. nt  eppur_se_muova   Feb-11-09 07:47 PM   #60 
  - Sounds like you too suffer from the dreaded CRS Syndrome  SoCalDem   Feb-11-09 07:48 PM   #61 
  - That kitty pic. is so darn cute!  Kajsa   Feb-12-09 08:38 AM   #101 
  - standard response  Coexist   Feb-11-09 07:57 PM   #63 
  - I heard that Omega 3 helps with that. n/t  OhioChick   Feb-11-09 08:00 PM   #64 
  - Yes.  LWolf   Feb-11-09 08:03 PM   #65 
  - I am not an "old fuck".  troubleinwinter   Feb-11-09 08:09 PM   #66 
  - Yup, it happens to me and I'm 44.  liberalhistorian   Feb-11-09 08:10 PM   #67 
  - And remembering how many people past 40 didn't have to use Computers 24/7  KoKo   Feb-11-09 08:32 PM   #73 
  - The up side is you'll start remembering the most trivial shit from 30+ years ago.  Kip Humphrey   Feb-11-09 08:13 PM   #68 
  - Oh yes!  emilyg   Feb-11-09 08:32 PM   #74 
     - I can't remember my phone number, emilyg!  Mnemosyne    Feb-11-09 08:50 PM   #77 
  - The usual term is "Tip of the Brain" effect or phenomenon  slackmaster   Feb-11-09 08:29 PM   #70 
  - yes, now why did i come in here again?  AlCzervik   Feb-11-09 08:29 PM   #71 
  - And that's really bad when it's the  Mnemosyne    Feb-11-09 08:51 PM   #78 
  - That's the one. That is so crazy making. n/t  sarge43   Feb-11-09 09:17 PM   #80 
  - What?  POAS   Feb-11-09 08:40 PM   #76 
  - I was about 42 when I first noticed the same thing....apparently  pipi_k   Feb-11-09 09:14 PM   #79 
  - as common as common can be  Stinky The Clown   Feb-11-09 09:20 PM   #81 
  - I just made a call to get my furnace looked at.  baldguy   Feb-11-09 09:23 PM   #82 
  - Some of it might be age, but I'm willing to bet that it has more to do  janx   Feb-11-09 09:40 PM   #84 
  - 20+ experiencing this nt  Incitatus   Feb-11-09 09:41 PM   #85 
  - It happens if you're stressed out  Bryn   Feb-11-09 10:49 PM   #87 
  - It's just a normal part of aging  Missy Vixen   Feb-11-09 10:51 PM   #88 
  - If it will make you feel better  DFW   Feb-11-09 11:12 PM   #90 
  - Does anyone know where the sam hell my glasses are?  SmileyRose   Feb-11-09 11:23 PM   #91 
  - Top of your head? That's  emilyg   Feb-11-09 11:42 PM   #93 
  - I was just thinking recently that while I have a fairly expansive vocabulary:  Hello_Kitty   Feb-11-09 11:42 PM   #92 
  - Contrary to a previous post, I don't find this thread demeaning in the slightest....  LiveLiberally   Feb-11-09 11:45 PM   #94 
  - happens to everyone, even kids at age 8.  NuttyFluffers   Feb-12-09 01:28 AM   #95 
  - OMG I can't believe you posted this right now  canetoad   Feb-12-09 01:36 AM   #96 
  - I was going to post something really smart here....  PassingFair   Feb-12-09 06:36 AM   #98 
  - I hope it isn't or I'm in trouble.  mmonk   Feb-12-09 06:37 AM   #99 
  - What can someone do to help combat it via nutrition?  HuckleB   Feb-13-09 04:28 PM   #111 
  - Unlikely it's Alzheimer's. More likely the generic dim bulbiness  Vinca   Feb-12-09 06:42 AM   #100 
  - No, I have always  ellie   Feb-12-09 08:39 AM   #102 
  - Go back to school.  HuckleB   Feb-12-09 08:51 AM   #103 
  - Nah. I just turned 58, and I'm just as mentally agile as I was at 20!  Buns_of_Fire   Feb-12-09 02:24 PM   #106 
  - Helen Thomas, 88, seems to do OK "speaking" and questioning presidents.  troubleinwinter   Feb-12-09 05:08 PM   #109 
  - I don't think anyone is saying that we all start doddering on  sarge43   Feb-12-09 08:04 PM   #110 
  - This thread makes me feel better about my drinking.  ieoeja   Feb-13-09 04:32 PM   #112 
  - I am 29 and that happens to me all the time  RadicalTexan   Feb-13-09 04:35 PM   #113 
  - I couldn't remember  Politicalboi   Feb-13-09 04:52 PM   #114 
 

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