I’ve noticed some changes in my husband. Looking back I think these are things that been happening for at least the past 12 months but have been gradually getting worse.
Over the recent Christmas holiday, we have spent more time than usual together, and I am sure there is an issue he needs to see the Dr about.
Normally he works away Mon- Fri and weekends are the very busy our and about with our children but since spending a lot of time at home together the past couple of weeks I am certain that he needs to see a Dr ….but it is falling on deaf ears.
He is very much a bury his head in the sand type of guy but I know deep down that he realises there may be an issue here.
The four main things I’ve noticed are ;
He struggles for the correct word for things. For example, my DD was looking for something which was in our cup cupboard.
I don’t think he could find the words ‘cup’ or ‘cupboard’ , so instead he gave her instructions to , ‘turn around , don’t look in the one by there, go to the next one , then the next one, it’s in that one’
His speech slurs , especially when tiered. This hasn’t always been normal for him, and over Christmas when he’s only had a couple to drink , he has began slurring quiet quickly. Previously , even if he was blind drunk he would always have the ability to string a clear sentence together
He appears to have a problem following a conversation, or story line, it’s like he’s either no longer able to come to the conclusion he would have been able to previously like I have to spell things out to him now and his ability to connect the dots has decreased.
Finally, I’ve also noticed that he’s started marking risqué comments or jokes, that aren’t really appropriate for the company we are in. This is quiet unlike him.
He played a lot of contact sport until his early thirties and is approaching 40 now. I am really concerned that he is showing signs of dementia.
Just looking for advice and a handhold.
I know I need to get him to see a Dr but that will be a challenge in its self.