Some doctors still advise their patients not to worry, that memory loss is just part of growing old and can’t be helped. Clearly, they have not kept up with the latest developments that show how memory loss can be reversed or at least slowed down.
If you have severe memory loss then you should see a doctor. In our specialty center, neurologists, psychiatrists, and neuropsychologists work closely together, using a team approach. Until the average physician gets better at recognizing the types and causes of memory loss, your best option is to go to one of these specialized academic medical centers that employs a team approach. There are now a large number of these centers serving virtually every major urban, and even semiurban, area in the United States (listed in the appendix). If you do not have ready access to one of these centers, consult a neurologist or psychiatrist, or your primary care physician. Inquire if they have experience in diagnosing and treating memory loss and dementia.
If you have no memory loss, or mild memory loss not due to a specific reversible cause, you probably do not need to consult any physician and can go ahead with learning about and implementing the Memory Program in this book. But to identify exactly where you stand on the spectrum of memory loss, you need to take the following memory tests and see how well you perform on them.
Taken From: The Memory Program How to Prevent Memory Loss
and Enhance Memory Power
