This is not like the dementia you see on TV or the movies
Now, having lived with dementia for several years, I can share that one of my greatest concerns is not my memory loss. This is what it is instead.
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This brain therapy helped me feel less fatigued from MS
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I wish I knew this before going into premature menopause at 32
Steph Hilton went into premature menopause at only 32. She says she started to get these symptoms before the devastating diagnosis and has this one regret.
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