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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

My grandma passed away from dementia a couple of years back. My mom has symptoms of ADHD. I am diagnosed with ADHD. The only person in the family to get diagnosed and actively treating with meds and stuff.

I wonder if knowledge and meds can stave of dementia.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Every week there is an article linking dementia to this and that. I really can’t keep up with it anymore. At this point everything causes dementia.

I wouldn’t stress out of it. You might learn that stress is what causes dementia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Actually yes there was a study showing that recently