I figure one of these days, they're going to tell us that water causes cancer. They find something new to blame illnesses on almost daily these days, especially if it's something they're having a hard time figuring out.

Here's a thought... My uncles are 94 and 95 . Niether one has been on meds for years and years till very late in life. both in very good to excellent health and smart as crickets. Uncle Don just in the last couple of year has started to show his age. You would think he's around 70 or so. Eye sight is still good. He does not wear glasses. No hearing aid. His hearing is excellent.
So... my argument is this........ Age doesn't neccesarily mean Altzhimers will be a given or any othe so called "Old Age" ailment. All of us must die at some point. That does not mean we have to break down in order for death to slowly take over. Many old folks just die of natural causes. No disease of any sort.

I have dealt with fibro pain since 1975. In 1987 I was diagnosed with RLS and the meds began.... meds for Parkinsons, meds for Epilepsy, Narcotics for pain. In 2002 I was diagnosed with fibro (which I had had all along). More meds - gabapentin and requip included. I don't remember taking Lyrica or Cymbalta but I am sure I took a generic version. There were lots of side effects and I did not like the way they made me feel. If I was "zombied out" I stopped taking them as I needed to be able to work. I honestly do not know if any of these drugs had anything to do with my memory impairment....I am sure they did not help. The last drug taken was Requip and I stopped taking it in 2014. My doctor chalked everything up (including the fog) to fibro. It was not until I applied for SSDI that I found out I actually had a memory impairment (MCI). I was a Payroll Specialist and during the last two years working I started to realize I was having more and more trouble performing routine tasks. My pile of notes and lists became my lifeline. If I did not write it down - it was lost. I had written a Payroll Manual to train my coworkers - I was now referring to my manual for help. My doctor explained it was the fibro fog, lack of sleep, job related stress. A Cognitive Memory Test (ordered by Social Security "after" I stopped working) proved differently. I take no meds for the fibro or RLS -- just an Advil or Aspirin once in awhile for arthritis pain or a headache. I hope this helps. I know that fibro is different for every person. What works for me will not work for you. My symptoms will be different than yours, my pain levels will be different. The human body is so mysterious. Why are my brain cells melting away?? I have no idea.....

I agree not everyone will get these symptoms and it could drive us crazy but good to know non the less thanks

For what it's worth my take on this is; our bodies are vehicles we use to move about our energy/spirit/ call it what you will. These bodies are only designed to last a certain amount of time and when the time comes then nature has designed them to start to break down in readiness for death so that they can break down in the earth and be easily assimilated and so the cycle goes. I think that to accomplish this our immune system backs off in order to allow cancers, infections etc to achieve this. This is my convoluted way of saying that at some point we have to die of something and so we should balance out quality of life as opposed to quantity at any cost. I think in this day and age we all get too caught up in the latter. Just a thought. Xx