MENTOR, Ohio — When Sean Durbin noticed he was struggling to find words and pulling back from his normally boisterous family gatherings, he knew something wasn't right. What he didn't expect was a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) at just 57 years old.

"I was having a hard time getting my words out," Sean recalls. "It was like a slow delay. I was very good at speaking before, but then it just slowed down for me."

His wife, Lisa Ihnat-Durbin, noticed other changes, too.

"Sean was just very low energy and a little bit apathetic towards things he would normally care about," she says. "He went from extrovert to introvert."

After seeing his primary care doctor, Sean was referred to Dr. Jagan Pillai, director of Cleveland Clinic's Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health , who delivered

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