I used to feel like a ticking bomb. One wrong word and I’d snap at my family - I hated that version of me.About a month after starting SAGE, the edge was just… gone. I feel calmer, lighter, more like myself again. My daughter even said, ‘You’re nicer now, Mom,’ and that honestly made me tear up.

What scared me most wasn’t losing words at work - it was losing the little moments at home. I’d forget the story my husband told me the night before or blank on my granddaughter’s best friend’s name. Those pieces started coming back. By week six, I wasn’t just remembering names again - I was part of the conversations. It feels like I’m back in my own life instead of drifting through it.

I didn’t think this would work because I had tried everything, but my brain was so bad I couldn’t follow conversations in meetings. I started Sage about 10 weeks ago. The first week, nothing really happened. I actually felt somehow worse, but around week 6 I got through a workday without forgetting what I was doing. I still have bad days, but yesterday I led a presentation without notes. That was impossible just a few weeks ago.

I kept forgetting people’s names at my own events, people I had known for years, so I just stopped going. I tried this after cutting out wine (which was tough), and it took about 8–10 weeks, but last week I ran into someone and her name just came to me. I literally cried because I thought that part of my brain was gone. I am so happy.