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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was so frustrating that even experts like my mom’s neurologist was pushing for her to see a therapist to deal with her symptoms (paranoia that my dad was cheating) even though it was becoming obvious that she had some form of dementia. 
The mental health symptoms in more common dementia happen much further along the Alzheimer’s disease trajectory. So once they are seen, it is obviously due to Alzheimer’s. But with FTD, since the main markers for Alzheimer’s like dementia don’t happen until later, and all you see is mental health issues, they have no idea how to deal with it. [/quote]

PP, do you mean that with FTD the symptoms like paranoia or delusions show up before traditional symptoms like forgetfulness or other, more common Alzheimer's symptoms?  Can you advise of timeframe, how long before the others show up and what to look for?  I feel like my uncle might be in this situation but will not see a doctor and says he is "fine" and by all basic observation seems fine but who knows.[/quote]

NP- my mom had this in her 50s and her judgement was first to go. She drove too fast.   Ran yellow lights.  And paranoia showed up. Her work place forced her to retire.  MD’s didn’t know what it was and lumped it into the dementia category.  Her ability to speak left next.  It was a long long and tragic decline. She lived til 72.    [/quote]

Did she stay at home or go to AL or MC?[/quote]

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