--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Peter > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Perhaps MMY has Cosmic ADHD? ;-) > > > > > > > Like a stick through water, perhaps. A minute later, > > "what stick?" > > Exactly! Who told you to use the stick? At least it's > not Alzheimers where you forget what a stick is. With > ADD you struggle to organize the parts across time. > With Alzheimers you forget what the parts are.
yes -- in general. But I took care of my mom with advanced Alzhiemers for 3 years before it did her in. Its interesting to watch the disease progress. It wasn't that she forgot "the stick" in many cases -- but she could not verbalize it. For example, she may have forgotten her dogs names, but she knew them and was loving towards them. She couldn't tell you who Cary Grant was, but she loved watching his movies on a big screen TV. And sometimes, she was stuck in the past as a girl or teen with very clear memories of such times. And they dominated at times. For periods, she was insistant that she had to "go home" because her mother was waiting for her. She could talk in detail about her (childhood) house and mother -- but had no recognition of her "present" house of 20 years. It was very clear to her that her home (childhood) was just down the road a bit, and she would strike out, walking down the road to go home. (under watchful eye -- trying to dissuade her was next to impossible, a la "I HAVE to get home. Mother is waiting!") ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
