How many 50+ DUers are having "senior moments"?

[zanana1]

Those embarassing times when you know a word but just can't think of it at the moment? Sometimes I'll be in the middle of a sentence, and something in my brain holds up a Stop sign. I always remember the word eventually, but first I have to go through the humiliation of saying "whatchamacallit" or "y'know"? Lately I've noticed that young people can also suffer from this "oldster" syndrome when they're stressed. Come on--make me feel better and tell me that it happens to everyone. I'll kill myself if you don't.

[Raven]

1. Not so much trouble with words but lots of trouble remembering

what I did yesterday. :-)

[Skittles]

24. you want I should kick your ass, Raven?

I'LL MAKE YOU REMEMBER; yes INDEED :hi:

[lillypaddle]

2. Going into another room

and then forgetting what I was gonna do/get there.

[ashling]

41. Me too! also

...I forgot what I was going to say.
:rofl:
why am I here?

[DebJ]

3. I'm 55, and I've just become used to it by now. Hubby is 61

and we have some funny conversations where each of us skip words we can't recall.

Also, I forget where I put my glasses, and then I need my glasses on to find where I left them.....got a second pair, LOL.

[Skittles]

25. OMG the glasses

I only need them to read and to see my work monitors, so when I get up to go talk to someone I inevitably end up taking them off, then leaving them and end up searching for them constantly. A young coworker, hearing me beefing about looking for those damn glasses, said, "You should get one of those....." and then he just stopped. I hollered, "OLD LADY CHAIN - IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY, PETE?!! I WILL KICK YOUR ASS!!!" That poor guy. :rofl:

[mnhtnbb]

53. I have reading glasses for my study, the bedroom and bi-focals in my purse!

[DebJ]

4. I'm 55, and I've just become used to it by now. Hubby is 61

and we have some funny conversations where each of us skip words we can't recall.

Also, I forget where I put my glasses, and then I need my glasses on to find where I left them.....got a second pair, LOL.

[rug]

23. I find I'm repeating myself more.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

37. My glasses are on my face or within arm's reach on the nightstand.

I'm very nearsighted and in bifocals.

[sarge43]

5. Hon, my day is one long "senior moment".

"Why did I come in here?"

"Forgot your name."

"Where did I put the (fill in here)?"

No point in spazzing out about it; it comes with the snow on the roof.

[raccoon]

6. Sometimes have to search for the right word. More commonly, can't

remember what I did a day or so ago, can't remember why I came into a room.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could pick and choose what we wanted to forget?

[elleng]

26. Sure would be, like an 'ex!'

[NNN0LHI]

7. Nope, never had that problem

I am lying like a rug.

Don

[WillParkinson]

8. I'm 47...

And I'm having them already.

[RebelOne]

9. No, but I have "blonde moments." b/t

[Zorra]

10. I'm Petra Pan, Pete's identical twin.

We don't ever grow up or grow old.

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. Mine have gotten more common. I blame 'em on my, um... you know... ... remembering thingy. n/t

[seabeyond]

12. i am not that old and i have been having them for a while. so when they are senior moments

NO ONE is going to see a difference, lol

[quakerboy]

13. Under 50

And it happens to me more and more often. Pretty sure I have filled my brain, and now things are popping out the other side. Or maybe its like a hard drive, where it slows wayyy dowwwwwn whennn it gets closer to full, as the search for the relevant bits and bytes takes longer.

You should feel lucky that it waited till you were 50+.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Let's just say I am glad the dog has a name tag.

[zanana1]

43. Good one, dixie! nt

[RedCloud]

15. A lady blocked the "WO" on the women's bathroom and in I went.

I thought what a kooky place with no urinals. Then some weird looking boots came into the stall next to me with a kid. I thought OMG!

Then another person with gastritis horribilis came in. That person must have held it in for hours. Real men toot! Get me outta here.

[marzipanni]

18. Poor guy! And when the boots and kids left

and gastritis horribilis was still en stalle, you had to slink out of there hoping no one would notice you and think you were a perve? ;-)

[RedCloud]

21. Two ladies were entering and laughing. Maybe I was set up?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. Yes. All the time.

Sometimes I even forget the names of people I sort of know. My life is full of whatchamacallits and whatsisnames. And I hate it when I go into another room to do something and when I get there I forget what it was I was going to do.

Soon I should be able to hide my own Easter eggs.

[marzipanni]

17. The things I notice as much as forgetting a name or word

are, people speaking fast on the radio news so my brain can't keep up with the few-sentence-per-item news 'reports'. The other is..... (hmmmm.....what was I thinking... oh yeah!) The other is, each evening I think of what I have to do the next day, and the next day I don't remember to do those things, or only get to one or two of them. I'm going to get a wipe-off board so my little lists/reminders don't accumulate.

[tigereye]

32. yeah, I was noticing some folks talk way too fast on the

news, it's kind of odd. Do they talk faster than they used to? :D

[trof]

19. Hunh? What did you say? Here's how bad it is with me:

Last Saturday a couple came over for dinner and cards. Our wives were out in the kitchen while we were watching the end of a football game. I don't remember which game. It was the college where I went and some other college. I don't remember who won either.
:eyes:

I was telling my friend about a great new restaurant in town.
"What's the name of it?"
"Uh...um...jeez...OK...What's the name of that flower? It's a red flower, but it can be pink, or yellow too, but it has thorns on it?"
"A rose?"
"THAT'S IT! Hey, Rose? What's the name of that restaurant where we ate the other night?"
:rofl:

OK, it's an old joke.
BUT I REMEMBERED IT!
;-)

[hobbit709]

20. CRS isn't that bad. wait until you have CRAFT.

[Ptah]

22. All of us.

[nuxvomica]

27. This is also a sign that you have a large vocabulary

People with smaller vocabularies don't have this problem. And your vocabulary is bound to increase as you age so it may not indicate any reduced capacity, just longer search times due to more data. Now what was the question? :shrug:

[redwitch]

28. Ooh! I like that concept!

I am just too smart to remember all the things I forget!

[nuxvomica]

29. Think of it this way...

If you're vocabulary were infinitely large, you'd never get around to saying anything.

I am often plagued by people finishing my sentences because I might pause to come up with the right phrasing. Rarely do these people finish my sentences correctly, or without the homeliest of cliches. And these are usually the same people who have to ask me about a word I used because they "never heard it before". So that's how I try to feel superior about it. ;)

[Kaleva]

30. Lost my glasses for about 1/2 an hour. Found I was wearing them.

[Skittles]

31. I'm very absent-minded but I have ALWAYS been that way

I remember it driving my parents nuts when I was a teenager :o

[Swede]

33. I seem to be more forgetful.

I don't like it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

34. stress sucks.

I really don't know how much more of it, I can handle.

[emilyg]

35. This 73 year old raises hand. All the time.

[Kat45]

36. Yes. I'm always worrying about my memory.

I used to have a great memory when I was little, which makes it even more difficult for me. I have CDs I've bought in recent years, I love the bands and their music, but I don't remember what a single song sounds like, nor do I remember the names of the songs. Sometimes I immediately forget what someone just told me. I don't always remember if I've seen a particular movie, and even if I do remember that I saw it, I don't remember anything about it.

Scares the shit out of me! I need to find a job, and I'm afraid of not remembering what I have to learn to do the job (when I get one). I also forget much of the software I used to use all the time because I haven;t used much of it for around 8 years!

[shanti]

38. ummmm.........

that would be me *raising hand* one justification for early retirement.

[csziggy]

39. I've had them since my fourth concussion

And it's gotten worse in the last ten years with having had major surgery roughly every other year. Since that coincided with passing fifty and nearing sixty, it's hard to tell what is a senior moment or side effects from the anesthesia and the operations.

But the not being able to think of words was from the concussions. After the fourth one it was really obvious, especially when I get tired. Over the years I've learned to fake it and cover up those lapses.

[zanana1]

44. What have you been doing to have so many concussions? nt

[csziggy]

48. I have horses

My first concussion was shortly after I got my first horse when I was 13. The horse fell while I was riding her and I was knocked out for about 45 minutes. Both the horse and I had grass stains on our faces.

The second was at a horse show when the six month old filly I was holding reared and struck me in the face. I was knocked out for about 10-15 minutes and the people at the show dragged me to the local emergency room.

The third happened when a horse knocked me down against a concrete block wall. I did not lose consciousness but I was seriously nauseous and disoriented.

The fourth was when the horse I was leading was spooked by a cat. The horse bolted, slamming me down into an oak tree root. Pretty much the same as the third one but it was the only one that had any bone damage. Apparently oak roots are harder than concrete walls or horses' hooves!

[NV Whino]

40. What was the question?

[bookworm65t]

42. Since my early 20s

Maybe that's why growing older doesn't bother me. I've been living with this a long time. And I am now in my mid-40s.

:hi:

[Arkansas Granny]

45. I'm 65 and . . . .

what was the question?

[nolabear]

46. As a student of Psychology I can assure you that

...uh, lessee, what was the question?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

47. I had a good one this morning.

I was getting ready for work and I couldn't find my company ID, which is on a lanyard. Usually I put it on before I leave the house to avoid the risk of getting there and finding I don't have it. When I take it off after work I just put it in my purse. Well, this morning it wasn't in my purse, or my computer bag, or any of the other places I might have put it, and I was looking all over for it, all the while thinking I was sure I just saw the damn thing. I searched and rummaged and fussed, thinking now I'm gonna have to go to corporate security and pay for a new one, and this went on for at least 10 minutes until I finally found it...

Hanging on its lanyard around my neck.

[rurallib]

49. did I already answer this?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

50. {...why did I click on this thread...}

[Remmah2]

51. +1

:)

[mnhtnbb]

52. Happens to me--at 60--more often than I can remember!

[Ikonoklast]

54. Last week as I was leaving for work, asked my daughter if she had seen where I left my cell phone.

She pointed to my hand.

[texanwitch]

55. I have a 20 year old that has senior moments.

My brain is fine.

[noamnety]

56. I am tired of trying to open my office door

with the car remote.

[Generic Brad]

57. Not me

But I have only been 50 for two days. Ask me again in a year.

[bif]

58. I tell people I'm out of RAM.

[mwdem]

59. Me!

I had chemo 5 years ago, which didn't help much. My husband, who was always questionable, just had a bout with retina detachment/cataract surgery, which really messes with the brain/eye function. We're only entering our 60's, and thought we were pretty darned healthy, brainwise, but we find we sucketh lately in the remembering thing stage! It seems like we wander more than we used to!