Adult ADHD Often Precedes Certain Type of Dementia: Study

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I am a 70 year old woman who has ADHD. I also suffered a serious brain concussion when I was 15 and had to learn to talk and walk again. My maternal grandmother had dementia, and now my mother age 95 has had dementia since her late 70s. I understand that I have several risk factors for developing dementia. However, I do not plan to simply wait for the disease to develop in me. I heard that there is now a blood test that can test for dementia before any symptoms appear and that there is medication that will prevent symptons from ever manifesting. Please advise me as to how I can be tested and aquire the medication if needed. I will travel to anyplace, volunteer to be in a test or whater it takes to avoid the dementia fate. I am physically very healthy will probably live to age 100 like my grandmother. I finished high school [tho with a cane, a patch over one eye], endured years of physical therapy, graduated from University with a BA degree, raised 2 children, travelled and have llived and am still living a very exciting, full life. I intend to fight to avoid dementia and hope that you can help me.

janet kolesnikow of TN 11:30PM June 24, 2011

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Okill Gordon of MI 10:25AM February 09, 2011

Very nice Hypothesis!!!!! Please, do more research to confirm the idea of Golimstok.

George 7:46AM January 23, 2011

@ Susan - are you assuming that the diagnosed adult with ADHD is being treated with stimulants? Perhaps it is simply a correlation with the physiology of the brain?

Kelly Wagner of VA 3:15PM January 20, 2011

SE, a problem cannot be solved until it is diagnosed. You are so right that we must focus on a solution...at least put some strategies in place. We can sometimes get frustrated bc there are parents who have their heads in the sand and won't get their child/adolescent diagnosed, so the problem can be accurately "solved."

Pat Wheeler of NC 11:43AM January 20, 2011

MUCH ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO BE "SURE" TO GET THE RIGHT LABEL ON COGNITIVE PROBLEMS. WHY? ISN'T IT MORE IMPORTANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS? ALZHEIMERS, PARKINSON'S W/DEMENTIA, ADULT ADHD, LEWY BODIES......THE LIST GOES ON.

SE of CA 9:23PM January 19, 2011