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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are ANY mood changes for people 50+ automatically considered dementia?

It could be so many things that cause a person's mood to change.  If you took away the age factor and identified the same issues for a person who is younger, no one would immediately say, "Dementia!"

One thing that definitely does change with age is the lack of tolerance for B.S.  Maybe OPs mother has reached the stage where she is going to call it like she sees it and be honest instead of trying to make nice.   [/quote]

I’m 58. Mine is blamed on everything when I’ve said over and over again that I want to do more for myself, instead of stay home and take care of household sh*t so my husband’s life can be easy.  When I say ‘it’s my turn’, it’s immediately turned into ‘selfishness’.

So yes, mother might be feeling lots of things rather than dementia. Mine is having no real mood shifts, but is forgetting to pay bills, doesn’t understand money like she used to, and tends to screw up in the kitchen. THOSE are signs of aging.[/quote]

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