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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, yes, yes! I went through this with my dad. He said the worst things to me for years when he had Alzheimer’s. He constantly told me and other people I was fat. He would yell at me to shut up all the time. He also told me I was bad and wasn’t nice to people. This went on for years and was very painful. Last month, he had a couple of mini-strokes and, all of a sudden, is being very sweet and saying how much he loves me. He had not insulted or yelled at me once. [/quote]

Do you visit him? Do stuff with him and family? Or does he live with you?

The reason I am asking is that it’s much easier to tolerate troublesome behavior when the parent doesn’t spend that much time with you. If he actually lives with you, this would drive me to insanity. I wouldn’t be able to take it.[/quote]

He does not live with me but I've had to live with him for several long stretches during the pandemic. (He would get sick and hospitalized and we were trying to keep him out of rehab places.) I always left in tears. [/quote]

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