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Originally Posted by bsloan1960
I'm 65. I have always had, and used a pretty expansive vocabulary- not scholarly but enough to be sure I was understood. I could hold my own in a variety of social situations.
For the past few years I have a lot of trouble finding words. I find that my conversations are now lacking the 'big' words I used to use. When I'm talking, a word that would normally be immediately available to me is now a blank space in my mind, and I instead use a basic word. An example: While talking I might use the 'Expansive" (as in my 1st sentence above), but when I draw a blank I'll instead say, "Big". This problem is not quite so bad when I'm typing.
So, are these lapses on the spectrum Senior Moments?
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We are in our mid 70's, and have been experiencing what you have described for the past several years. I believe it is, for the most part, normal. Just as the physical body begins to slow down, wouldn't it be normal for the brain to slow down as well. Of course, this would vary from person to person. I think post # 5 gives an accurate description of the subject in question. Personally, I would not seek any testing unless "I found my car keys but I forgot what they are for".