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IIRC most "slow the onset" things are basically building up enough "reserve" that the symptoms aren't immeditely obvious. If you're well educated, alert (maybe
by wisty 8y ago
IIRC most "slow the onset" things are basically building up enough "reserve" that the symptoms aren't immeditely obvious.
If you're well educated, alert (maybe from exercise?) and so on then the early signs of dementia may just be less obvious. If you forget a few names but can do the cryptic crossword or run a mile then relatives will not push you to get tested.
- danieltillett 8y agoIt is more that the higher you start the more your cognition can decline before you have symptoms that are bad enough to be diagnosed. If you started out with a youthful g of 150 and you declined to 100 then no doctor would even notice, but if you started at 75 then a decline to 65 will be catastrophic.