My DP's memory loss is starting to worry me.

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My DP's memory loss is really starting to worry me and i'm scared its going to get worse. Its difficult to get him to go to the doctors for anything, being a man and all that. If anyone has an suggestions on why this could be hapening I'd really appeciate it I might be able to convince him more if I knew what to say about it!

Lately he's been working on a fish tank and building a stand, he'll put something down and forget where he put it almost instantly. He keeps getting names mixed up. This is just from me witnessing his actions. He also be talking to me and just stop half way through a sentance? He also has loss of patience and get frustrated really quickly. He also doesnt seem to have clear thinking and cant seem to talk and do something at the same time either. I would say its down to personality but it happened gradually and is slowely getting worse.

Just this morning and he put his baccy somewhere then forgot where, he got so angry about it. Not for the loss of his baccy but because he couldnt remember.

Ive asked him if he has any other symptoms or anything else he feels is unusual about himself and he said he gets very loud sharpe rining in his ears 4 days put of the week which then causes headaches. He also finds trouble sleeping until about 3am.

Any suggestions?

Is he very stressed about something? I know whenever my DH is stressed his memory is appalling. Once he is less stressed it is fine again. I believe depression can affect memory too. I would try to persuade him to go to the doctors if you can though.

My husband also gets forgetful and unable to multitask (talk and do at the same time) when he's under general pressure or stress. We recently moved home and took on a new business and he was getting worse and worse with forgetting words. I was beginning to worry quite a lot and had mentioned maybe getting it checked out but now that we are getting on top of things it has settled back down again. I would try to encourage you DH to go to the doctors if you can, maybe approach him with the emphasis on going about the ringing in his ears and headaches but to mention the memory loss too. People often feel more comfortable going to the GP about physical symptoms rather than cognitive/mental ones.

Does he acknowledge the memory loss and how quickly he becomes frustrated? Is he worried about it?