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keithbvadu2

(40,682 posts) Sun Jun 26, 2022, 03:34 PM Jun 2022

Do people with Alzheimer's get startled more easily? [View all]

Do people with Alzheimer's get startled more easily?

My girlfriend is slowly developing Alzheimer's / dementia and it seems that I can walk near her and / or speak and it startles her.
Short term memory getting worse.
I have to handle her bills.
She never used to be that way.
Maybe she's getting more fixated on the task at hand without paying attention to her surroundings.

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Do people with Alzheimer's get startled more easily? [View all] keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 OP

Sorry this is happening to someone you love... targetpractice Jun 2022 #1

Yes. phylny Jun 2022 #2

I am sorry the two of you are experiencing this. LoisB Jun 2022 #3

I notice as I get older many noises bother me more. LakeArenal Jun 2022 #4

No but hearing loss or vision impairment can make someone Phoenix61 Jun 2022 #5

I think her hearing has gone downhill. keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #6

Has your girlfriend been diagnosed with Alzheimers? Beastly Boy Jun 2022 #7

No. Way too early to do that. Still very early stages of whatever it is. keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #8

But wouldn't it, Rebl2 Jun 2022 #9

Her biggest worry/fear is that her daughter will haul her off to Texas. keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #10

Oh dear Rebl2 Jun 2022 #11

Her son does. keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #13

No, it's never too early. The worst that can happen is you finding out she doesnt have it. Beastly Boy Jun 2022 #12