Make A Point About Young Onset Dementia

People living with young onset dementia and their family members make their point about the condition.

[chayalael]

Today I send you lots of prayers
For what’s about to be
I really want to help you
So I’m sending this from me

I’m sending what is needed
There is no need to apply
But most of all I send my love
To all that passes by

🙏🏽🙏🙏🏼🙏🏿🙏🏾🙏🏻

[melaniebrown]

What an articulate and lovely bunch of people, thank you for taking the time to share your experiences.

[sallyclay]

That's scary. We r making major breakthroughs, with changes in the brain. My sister had Lewy Body Dementia, for 7 years. Her mind and body went. At the end, she couldn't walk or talk. She passed away peacefully, at the assisted living facility, The Residence, in Darien, CT, on Jan 28, 2021. I salute, the medical staff, including caregivers and Hospice, for taking such great care of my sister. Blessings and prayers to all of u.

[macclift]

Iron deficiency and iron overload can *both* lead to dementia, although iron overload is more common in fair-skinned people.
Excerpt from a Cleveland Clinic article: *The inherited form of hemochromatosis is more common in white people with ancestors from Northern Europe. It’s less common in people of African-American, Hispanic, Asian or American Indian descent.*
Most of us pop these supplements daily and they are possibly wreaking havoc in our bodies. Anyone who is truly iron-deficient would crave foods such as liver, spinach, etc., especially if they have access to a wide variety of iron-rich foods. Even if the tests show a low level of vitamin D or whatever it doesn't necessarily mean that there is a true deficiency; it possibly just means that *the body isn't storing what it doesn't need.* If supplements are making you feel worse it could be that your body is overloaded on what it doesn't need!
We should tread with caution before popping vitamin/mineral supplements with abandon.

[salfordyoungonsetdementia]

Amazing video! Well done to everybody involved in putting all of this together! Saw a few familiar faces there too!