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summer_in_TX

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Wed Dec 10, 2025, 12:50 AM Wednesday

"DAMMIT It's Not Alzheimer's! Here's Why It's A Far Worse Nightmare Scenario" [View all]

Frank George, a former Senior Fellow at the NIH who taught university-level courses on topics like on narcissism, mental health disorders, neuroscience and addictions, now writes a newsletter on Substack called The Gaslight Report. He ended up there after Trump's budget bs got him and his course on Pathological Narcissism dumped, according to the article.

George planned a different post, until someone with a far bigger platform posted an article that's gone viral that he strongly objects to caused his writing plans to change.

Because someone with a big audience pushed a post claiming Trump is on an Alzheimer’s-specific infusion drug, linking it to everything from bruises to sleepiness to “confusion.” Sadly, the post is spreading.

Well, circumstantial click bait evidence doesn’t hold up in court.


and

A serious symptom analysis quickly debunks Alzheimer’s.

Trump’s symptoms are consistent with another, less common but more disruptive and, in his case horrific, disorder — Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), especially the behavioral variant (bvFTD). This is the variant characterized most strongly by severe changes in personality and behavior.

✅ A HUGE and Critical Distinction

This isn’t guesswork pulled from thin air. This is the conclusion drawn from analysies by hundreds of clinical and research experts in mental health.


Interesting article and makes sense. That leaning forward posture of Trump's is highly indicative of Frontotemporal Dementia.
Read more here: https://frankgeorge8675309.substack.com/p/dammit-its-not-alzheimers-heres-why-c9f





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