FluffyDog wrote:
I don't think I will develop Alzheimer's, but I am fairly certain I will be developing some other kind of dementia in the far future. The reason for this is that my grandmother has dementia, but is not Alzheimer's. So we have certain genes in the family that make it more likely that I will develop dementia at some time in the future, but as far as I know we don't have the Alzheimer genes in the family.
Not that it will make an actual difference whether it is Alzheimer's or another form of dementia - the symptoms are pretty much the same...
One of my great grandfather's and my evil little grandmother has dementia and not Alzheimers. They both lived long lives. My grandfather was in his 90's and he developed it a few months before he died. My grandmother has some dementia and sometimes gets confused about things, she's 91 years old and nearing the end of her life.
I don't know about my father and his family, what their medical histories are, so I really can't say that I will probably get Alzheimer's. I would hate for that to happen to me and I would rather be dead than to have to stay in some nursing home, lingering and confused until I die. I believe if I found out and still had moments of lucidity, then I would kill myself before I became so out of it, I wasn't me anymore. That way my children could process it and get on with their lives.
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Your Aspie score: 167 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 35 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie.