Alzheimer's
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Schizophrenia or Something Else?
Asked by H.J. from Spokane
on December 3, 2010
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If anyone has some insight on this I would greatly appreciate hearing your thoughts.
My aunt has been married for 12 years now and we are just now hearing about probl...
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- I would suggest dementia of some sort rather than schizophrenia. My grandmother had a series of strokes when she was about 70 & started acting really weird, too - she ...
- HI Haj :-) That was my first thought.. as you wrote below in you "what happened" response... some kind of potential lesion in the brain... not ruling out some sort ...
- I have a friend who developed schitzophrenia at 37 -she did have little signs before that that we didn't think much of b/c she was very functional. Your aunt should...
Extremely Out of Answer on How to Handle the Inlaws and Alheizmer First Stage
Asked by M.H. from Orlando
on May 10, 2012
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for the last 2 years i had been doing my best to understand my husband's family but it had come harder and harder. Keep in mind i love them to death but i have my rule...
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- Do yourself a HUGE favor and find a daycare or a private babysitter for your child.
- My mother has alzheimers and there would have been no way that I would have allowed her to keep my baby alone. NONE! I love my mom and she was the BEST mom in the wo...
- If you can do private day care then do it. I can tell you from experience the primary care givers for someone with Alzheimers are the last to realize how bad thin...
Memory Loss Is Driving Me Nuts!
Asked by C.J. from McAllen
on January 20, 2007
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Hi, When I first met my husband his memory was great! He had told me that he was in a depression for a long time and also taking memory enhancing pills because he coul...
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- why not try some natural remedies? for starters... a healthy diet and plenty of water. but you can also look into ginkgo, st. johns wort, rosemary (it's for remembranc...
- You don't say how old your husband is, but I would be worried about early onset alzheimers. He really needs to see a neurologist. Good luck!
- C., I really think you need to put yourself in your husbands shoes. I know it may be frustrating for you (especially being a mama now a days with so much we have to d...
Donation Items?
Asked by J.W. from Los Angeles
on December 19, 2011
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Hi there,
We're cleaning closets and have some items to donate but don't know where to donate them. Goodwill won't take what we've got left. Any ideas where they ...
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- Catholic Charities will take the pack and play and give it away for free to a women in need Freecycle http://groups.freecycle.org/lafreecycle/posts/all the printers (...
- put them under " FREE " on craigslist and people will come and arrange to pick them up.
- Give the magazines to your doctors offices. They love that! D.
How to Handle a Delicate Situation with an Elderly Gentleman
Asked by M.P. from Minneapolis
on January 30, 2012
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My husband recently started playing chess with a elderly man at my daughter's inter-generational pre-school. The pre-school is held in the same building as an Assisted...
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- I would say leave it to the staff. Let them handle it, like telling him that he already has this item in his room. When he asks for something just tell him the staff s...
- My grandmother unfortunately has full blown dementia. In her early to mid stages, she did some bazaar things. She talked badly about many people she loved, she called ...
- MY husband's grandma has full blown Altzheimer's. It is such a terrible thing to watch someone lose themselves. We can no longer bring the kids in as it just confuse...
Do You Scrapbook???
Asked by J.H. from Los Angeles
on January 22, 2008
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Hello,
My name is J. and I am addicted to scrapbooking. I host crops in Chino and am always looking for people to scrapbook with.
Let me know if this is you :)
J.
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- I love to scrapbook and hate doing it alone! I have three kids and a grandmother with stage 3 Alzheimers that I care for - so I don't get to leave the house often. W...
- I love to scrapebook!!!!!! I have a few supplies and lots of pictures. But iam on a very limited income unfortunatly. But would love to learn more about scrapebooking.
- I scrapbook everyday! its the only me time i get! lol Where are you ladies and did you get together? just curious. im not usually able to scrap out of the house tho.
LONG... But Important... FIL Hit Fiance...
Asked by R.D. from Richmond
on April 25, 2011
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Oh man, I don't even know where to begin, this is a mess. I'll make this as short as possible without leaving out important background detail... Yesterday, Easter Sund...
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- no advice ....just I'm sorry you're going through this...i'd talk to his wife a little more if I was you and see if she can talk some sense into him
- I think maybe you and your fiance need to attend some Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. It would be a great support for both of you for having to deal with your FIL. ...
- wow, babes, what a tough situation! damn. good for your fiance for holding the line, preventing more fighting but not succumbing to the heat of the moment and taking...
What Are the Possibilities?
Asked by S.E. from Philadelphia
on October 18, 2008
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My MIL is extremely passive aggressive and always has been. But for the last few months she has become more and more tempermental. She's even thrown things! It's li...
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- Although I hope it's not the case here, loss of inihibitions (saying/doing inappropriate things) were the first signs of Alzheimers for several of my family members. ...
- S., I think behavior like that can be indicative of dementia, maybe even Alzheimer's. How is her memory? Is she acting obsessed with anything (the mail, cleaning, t...
- If 40 years of being a doormat is the cause, it means that she has been sad all along, and angry, and now it's escalating. There may or may not be medical factors inv...
Mom's 80 y.o. Bfriend Confused & Angry at Mom After Strokes
Asked by M.S. from Dallas
on January 6, 2011
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My mom's long-term live-in bfriend had a couple small strokes late this summer. He's now in Assisted Living. My mom lives in her own house. He's 80, she's 75. He's...
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- It's a terribly sad situation when someone's mind goes. Even though his is due to stroke, she should look into going to an Alzheimer's/dementia support group -or -if s...
- Sounds like he may be sufferening from dementia. The assisted living facility may have a social worker or someone who assists the familes of the patients who may have ...
- He sounds exactly like my dad was...who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. That sounds like the early to mid stages. They get paranoid, agitated easily, unreasonable, c...
Should I Mind My Own Business? Question About MIL
Asked by B.H. from Detroit
on January 2, 2011
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My MIL has been losing her memory now for the past 4 1/2 years. She can no longer live alone and now lives with SIL. I can see that SIL is very stressed out at times...
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- You should see if they'd be willing to take a class on dementia. They are very educational and help you learn to cope with it, how to address the person without getti...
- I guess it would depend on your level of comfort with SIL and Hubby. Obviously being an "outsider" makes it a sticky situation. Maybe doing some research on her (MIL) ...
- I think you should speak up out of concern for you MIL. Talk to your husband first, and let him know you want to speak with SIL. To her, I would say something empathet...
