Does age have to do with temporary or minor amnesia or mental block?

Some days I can't get my thoughts into writing. Sometimes I forget what to say or the right words to use. I'm in my 50s.Does age have to do with temporary or minor amnesia or mental block?
My mother who is the same age as you has the same problem. It's good to force yourself to memorize poetry or calculate mentally or manually instead of using the calculator. It would be a good therapy. Learning a Foreign Language, even at your age can help boost memory power. I have a friend who is in his 70's and his memory and cognitive ability is sometimes sharper than an 18 year old. Also I bought her (my mom) and urged her to take Omega 3 fatty acids and Acetyl-L- Carnitine, and they seem to help a lot in this so called temporary mental block. They also are good supplements for the heart.
Mental blocks strike both the young and the old alike.



Temporary amnesia do not also distinguish the age of their victims.



It is the loss of energy in a person, caused by too much work or stress that leads to mental blocks and amnesiac symptoms.



You must rejuvenate by taking more time out for yourself. Go on leisure trips, eating chocolate or ice cream. Try massage parlors. Frequent dance balls, or movie houses. You can also try sky jumping, hang gliding, scuba diving .... physical sports that are pleasurable.



So, when do we both leave?Does age have to do with temporary or minor amnesia or mental block?
Welcome to the senior's world. I am, too, in my early 50's and am experiencing these things you've mentioned. As my age goes up, I am getting more and more forgetful. But I try to help myself by doing mental exercises like doing Nintendo's Brain-jogging, solving sudokus and kakuros, crossword puzzles and read a lot, have a memo book to write down my appointments, names of new persons I have met and where.
Memory lapses do happen occasionally to all of us, regardless of our age.



There's this 6-year old kid who broke the cookie jar. When confronted by his mom, he looked at his mom straight in the eye and in all innocence said "don't know what happened mommy. don't know how chair got there. don't remember me climbing the chair and getting the jar. it dropped by itself. i don't remember a thing."



Teenagers are horrible too in having selective amnesia. In the morning you give them a list of chores to do. By night time not a single thing has been done. And their alibi - "I totally forgot it!"



At least for those getting up in years, there's a valid excuse of these memory lapses.Does age have to do with temporary or minor amnesia or mental block?
Memory loss is usually the first sign of Alzheimer's disease. Many older people may worry about Alzheimer's disease if they start to have memory problems. Having some short-term memory loss in your 60s and 70s is common, and some people with mild memory problems will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease. If you start having memory problems, share your concerns with your family and your doctor.

People who have younger-onset dementia may be in any stage of dementia 鈥?early, middle or late. Experts estimate that some 500,000 people in their 30s, 40s and 50s have Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia.
OM gosh! You must be kidding! Your avatar doesn't look a day over 30. =P Nah, I don't think that memory lapses come with age. (unless one is afflicted with a disease) I feel that sometimes we just process too much thought. Let me give you an example. A conversation between a son and his mom.



Son: Na'y may I have P500.00?



Mom: What? Why do you need P400.00? Don't you know that money is hard to come by these days? P300.00 back in the days was a whole months salary! Besides P200.00 is just too big. But since you have been a good boy, here is the P100.00 you asked for. Tipirin mo yan! Lab yu tsup.



Sometimes there are things we deliberately, though subconsciously, forget. I think it is just having too much on one's mind. That is why we need to take a break and regroup our thoughts. (Our brain, just like our body, needs mental gymnastics to keep in shape. We need to exercise it too.)
If it happens frequently, it could be. A slowing down or decline in the responsiveness and activity levels of the brain.
with something as possibly serious as this i think you want to be getting medical advice from a doctor and not from yahoo answers.
yes. when we become old we forget things.