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Took care of my Grandma until she passed away. She already had Dementia a decade prior to passing. What happens is shortening of short term memory as time goes on. Like she wouldn't remember stuff she did recently. It came to a point where she doesn't remember the dates or remember if she had already eaten. Read the same newspaper printed a week ago, etc. Imagine that thing where you forgot why you had opened the fridge or went down the stairs for? That happened for her constantly.
God damn.
Nothing is certain. Always take healthy living as a priority.
My mother has it. Looked after her for about 8 years until it got to the point where I had to give in and leave it to the experts. She's in a home now, but the home is fantastic and she is doing really well. MY sister and I visit every week. Thankfully she still remembers us. But, you'll be suprised how she forgets stuff that has happened days or even hours before. She'll bring up a distant memory on occasion and surprise us. Yet, those moments are few and far between these days. She's still the mother I remember, but eventually it will get to the point where she won't know us which will be heartbreaking I suspect.
I was a CNA for a couple years in a memory care ward. For some dementia brings blissful ignorance, others are in a constant nightmare scape. Eventually it gets beyond just simple memory loss, and delusions can form. i.e they would eat half of dinner then blame someone else for eating their dinner.
I am with you, losing my mind in such a fashion is just about the most terrifying thing I can imagine. Although to be honest, the worst part to consider is having my loved ones have to see and deal with me in such a state. I'd prefer to peace out onto the open road and let nature run it's course, rather than very slowwwwwllllly deteriorate strapped down in a hospital bed somewhere like my grandma. No thank you.
Being a caregiver is really rough when it's someone you love, because it's not only hard taking care of them, but you have to watch them deteriorate.
IIRC one of the side effects of RW's disease was that it prevented him from resting while sleeping
That's a rough symptom, would drive you even more crazy.
My dad was diagnosed with vascular dementia this year, although he was probably dealing with it longer. He sometimes is completely normal, but just becomes so out of it that it's hard to get him to do anything like walk, or get up to use the bathroom on his own. Fuck these types of diseases
As busy as Bruce stayed making movies it would seem he was always pushing his mind/brain, he was in seemingly good shape also.
Sadly a lot of this is genetic, the best you can do is try to maximize the time you have.
If only it worked like this.
We like to think we are in total control of our lives, but in many ways, we are not.
Really sad to handle, it feels like their old self is allready dead, and you are dealing with a shadow of them that is just angry/sad/upset at the same time, but sometimes they still remember things from 50 years ago. Scary and sad to deal with.
There's a character played by Alan Alda in (90s hospital drama) ER who gets Alzheimer's. I don't know how it stacks up now, but there's a scene where it's found that he plans to kill himself and he says "I don't want to do it too soon, because then I'll miss out, but I don't want to leave it until it's too late because I'll forget to do it."
Jesus man, I didn't realize his mom was still around. That makes it all the more weird that he's got it this bad. Do men typically get dementia more than women? It kind of seems that way.
I'll definitely check this out later, thanks for the recommendation. In her 40's huh? Jesus man that's horrifying, that's about my age. I didn't even know that was possible.
The youngest person diagnosed with Alzheimer’s was 19.
The would require us to learn how to physically repair a brain since you know, its caused by damage. So don't think its happening any time soon sadly...
