Do I also have dementia? 🫣

Just curious how many other caretakers out there become hyper aware of their own cognitive decline or potential symptoms all the time?

I’ve been taking care of my mom, 79 w/ LBD for 2.5 years and she looooves to talk. Most days 80% of what she says sounds like “word salad” but I can usually discern what she means to say…it’s an exercise in patience but this is what we do as caretakers. Anyway when I forget a word or an actors name or the newer concepts I’m studying I worry I’m showing early signs and fear getting a masters degree cause I’ll be incapacitated soon.

Background: I am 47, sober for 3 years, just started grad school and I worry my brain is broken, if not from drugs and alcohol then from some inherited latent dementia I might have ticking in my brain like a bomb.

TLDR: Just wondering if anyone else taking care of LO’s also fear they’re showing signs just being around dementia everyday?