My husband first experienced confusion and loss of memory in March of 2000 while undergoing rehab for alcoholism. Being home seemed to help him until 2006 when he gradually began experiencing Alzheimer’s symptoms. He had four to five hours a day where he wants to get a "greyhound" to "go home." Also, he thinks I am his sister and believes he has rented a car (he hasn't driven in five to 10 years). His personal hygiene was in the tank - it was necessary for him to change two to three times a day. Without long-term insurance for his care, it was becoming stressful to care from him. this year our family doctor introduced and started him on Healthherbsclinic Alzheimer’s Disease Herbal Tincture, 6 months into treatment he improved dramatically. At the end of the full treatment course, the disease is totally under control. No case of Alzheimer’s, hallucination, forgetfulness, and other he’s strong again and able to go about daily activities.
Mom had dementia...it was hell. But I understood what it was going to be like and just tried to help her and cherish the time we had left together before God took her. This is good information.
My mother has been having short term memory loss over the last 18 months andhad a CT scan because of a TIA recently and it has shown severe small blood vessel disease and some atrophy and although they have not given a definitive diagnosis the stroke Drs recommended a referral to memory clinic for possible Alzheimers. I'm sure an MRI shows more detail.
What video do you talk about journaling? I want to watch these in order. I need to get this right in diagnosing my Mother. I am the primary caregiver. Thanks 😊
You can watch them in any order. You should be able to see them all on the You Tube Channel or you can go to my website -MelissaBPhD.com, Podcast -+ Blog tab and they will come up with a blog. Search the Categories box and you can selected “Alzheimer’s disease” and only those will show up for you (so you don’t have to search through all of the videos). I hope this helps ☺️
I am a 54yr old veteran. I suffer with several endocrine diseases. Also PTSD and severe depression VA did CT. Findings extreme frontal lobe shcrinkage for a 53yr old. Second mri shows white spots on brain with left side temporal hemmorage. Mom died at 82 from Alzheimer's in2016. Second mri one yr apart shows more white matter. No direction as of yet. Testing me for seizers. Don't understand what to expect.
Super informative! Just started researching for a loved one. 05:46 I noticed there's no expounding on actual diagnostic tests, though you distinguish 2 types of tools were for screening and not diagnostic. Why is that? Are screenings insufficient?
I understand that someone who has dementia will not be aware of their symptoms, so if someone complains of memory loss and is fully aware of the loss then the memory loss is probably caused by something else. Is this true?
In early dementia, they will be aware of memory problems. However, and changes in memory should be reviewed with your local healthcare provider to rule out any other potential problems that are reversible!
It helps the family and caregivers provide the best care by understanding and learning so that the patient’s journey through it, is as kind, supportive and safe as possible.
This psychiatrist said a test for alzheimer's is very expensive and very time-consuming. That didn't sound right. I know that some mental providers overcharge.. CT? I would have thought a MRI would be necessary. Interesting. Thanks.
CT is recommended per clinical practice guidelines to see what’s going on - brain atrophy (shrinkage) or small infarcts (clots; vascular dementia). The rest is screening and is covered under any visit by Medicare and most insurances of your not 65 yet.
Very informative. Thank you for doing these videos A single negative comment: you are lovely. However, I don't know if it is the makeup or the lighting, but your eyes look natural color. Your face appears as though you are wearing a white skintight mask . This is distracting. With such good info any thing which undermined it on any level should be remedied .
Thanks for this but what we really need you to do now is head out to Washington D.C. and run a test on Brandon, a.k.a. President Biden. Let's get that done pronto so they can get him the heck out of there and into a nursing home for his own good and for the good of the country. Thanks. P.S. Do one on Harris as well so we can get her out as well. If necessary, we'll bring back Obama as VP and see who we can find to fill in for Joe - maybe Michelle Obama? Thanks again.
Dr Melissa I want you to know how much appreciate what you are doing to help new alzhaimer/dimentia patients--such as myself. Keep talking am all ears for your demonstrable expertise! Thanks a million! Keffyalew Gebremedhin, Helsinki, Finland!
