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Carollee wrote " I am only 52, biopsy diagnosed CD 6 yrs ago
and am somewhat alarmed by my apparent inability to remember names or words.
 I don't forget things such as where I put items, or appointments or those
type of items, but I frequently (some days worsethan others) just can't reach
for words I know I know.  My doctor hastested for all the usual causes
without any results.  At first Ithought it might be hormonal, but I am on
hormone replacement therapy.
Anyone else experience this?"
 
I am 59 and have been on gf diet for almost 30 years. I have never had a
great memory. In college, I'd study for hours, do very well on the exam, but
remember almost nothing of what I had studied a few hours after the exam.
 
Today, my ability to recall information, names, dates,words is getting worse.
My adult children tease me about not being able to tell them anything about a
book I had completed the day before, or a movie or tv program I just saw.
 
I thing the problem has more to do with accessing the information than with
memory, because the word, name, etc. will come back to me hours later.
Sometimes I remember all sorts of extraneous information, but not the
specific word or name I'm searching for.
 
Also, my situation is similar to Carollees in that I don't forget where I put
things, appointments, etc. I too take estrogen replacement.
 
Laurie Levine
 
I never thought it had anything to do with celiac, but your letter made me
wonder.