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Question:
It depends on what issues you are dealing with. Do you have depression? Are you mostly looking to sharpen your concentration?
Answer:
I am lucky enough to be 92. My brain IS slower & my memory not great but I*m still rational & live independently. Is an anti depression good for the aging brain. Bcaue i hae outlived most of my friends & famly & I am housebound I have goet thru much heartache. I am more or less housebound I have fatigue problems & feel week which I guess at 92 is not unusual I had 3 children--husband died at 42 The youngest, my son, is schizophrenic & in a nursing home. My middle daughter died at 60 of lung cancer--leaving 2 grandaughters who do not want to have anything to do with me because their Dad married an unfertile woman & he wants them to belong to her & her family My eldest daughter recently married--lives in California--3000 miles from my home in NYC We keep in touch sporadically She got breast cancer--went thru the whole treatment including chemotherapy only to find some abnormal cells returning near he right shoulder. She is being operated Jan2 & they will do a complete workup on her. she has been told not to worry--they think they can control it. Neither of my 2 daughters wanted anything to do with their sick brother-he only has me. My sister & brother have recently died--so I have no family. I am frightened because I find it hard to shop --have had to reduce most elements of my life to basics--do not want to go to a nursing home. I am a pretty good amateur artist & am trying to fill my time painting portraits. My mind is slower & I am often depressed. I do not sleep at night altho I nap during the day I have lost weight--am down to 86 lbs but I am a petite woman.I use ativan & melatonin & prelosic. Also some drugs for hypertension. I feel I live a 1/2 life. i am afraid of anti deprssants I am taking your advice on medication to my doctor We do have a group called CAPE for seniors Their psychiatrist will see me next Tuesday. The reason I was afraid of anti depression drugs was the sedation My cognition has definitly slowed up I could go to meetings of SNAP (a senior) group ) but they play Bingo or bridge or mah jong. I*m terrible at games. I think if I paint it would be more fulfilling
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