Naomi Watts opens up about memory loss after learning she is higher risk for Alzheimer’s
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Watts recalled several times she had been affected by memory loss. Naomi Watts has opened up about her experiences of memory loss after learning she is at a higher risk of the syndrome. The actor, 54, got candid about her health in her new bookDare I Say It: Everything I Wish I’d Known About Menopause.
In a chapter titled “Tell Me Again”, the Mulholland Drive star revealed her reaction to learning that she is at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s after entering early menopause. Watts said that she was informed that she was “close to menopause” by a doctor when she was 36 years old – which she called “early menopause”.
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According to the NHS, most women in the UK experience menopause between the ages of 45 and 55. “The news for people like me, who went into early menopause, is dramatic, according to [neuroscientist Dr Lisa] Mosconi: ‘If you enter menopause before the age of 45, that in and of itself is a risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s,’” Watts wrote.
“Yikes! For those of us in early menopause, [Mosconi] says hormone therapy could be one way to lower that risk.”. In the book, the actor recalled several times that she had been affected by memory loss, including when she missed a flight on the way to the Golden Globes in Los Angeles.
“Not long ago, I was at the airport heading to the Golden Globes,” she said. “I was texting away with my friends and got so consumed that I missed the boarding call for my flight. By the time I looked up, they’d closed the door, and even though the plane sat at the gates for forty-five minutes, they wouldn’t let me on.
