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Dementia accompanied by depression
Depression frequently co-exists with dementia. If people with dementia also become depressed they will be struggling with two lots of difficulties. The depression will exacerbate the effects of dementia making it even harder for people to remember things and making them more confused, more anxious or more withdrawn. It may also cause behavioural changes, such as walking around aimlessly, aggression, or refusal to eat.
It can be difficult to diagnose depression in dementia because some of the symptoms of depression and dementia are so similar, and because people with dementia may have difficulty explaining how they feel.
The causes for depression in dementia are likely to be similar to those for depression in general (see above). However, in the early stages they may also include worrying about memory loss and about no longer being able to cope as they had in the past. Chemical changes in the brain, caused by the dementia, may also lead to depression. People living in care homes seem to be particularly at risk of depression.
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- Forgetting things much more often than you used to
- Forgetting how to do things you've done many times before
- Trouble learning new things
- Repeating phrases or stories in the same conversation
- Trouble making choices or handling money
- Not being able to keep track of what happens each day
Memory problems that aren't part of normal aging
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Early onset Alzheimer's disease.
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