What are the symptoms of AD? AD begins slowly. At firsi, the only symptom may be mild forgetfulness. People with AD may have trouble remembering recent events, activities, or the names of tamiliar people or things. Simple math problems may become hard to solve. Such difficulies may be a bolher, but they are not serious enough to cause alarm. However, as the disease goes on, symptoms are more easily noticed and become serious enough to cause people with AD or their family members to seek medical help. For example, people the later stages of AD may forget how to do simple lasks, like brushing their in teeth or combing their hair. They can no longer think clearly. They begin to have problems. speaking, understanding, reading or writing. Later on, people with AD may become anxious or aggressive. or wander away from home. Eventually, patients need lolal care