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elleng

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1. Frontotemporal Dementia

Reply to summer_in_TX (Original post)

Wed Dec 10, 2025, 01:02 AM

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a group of brain disorders causing nerve cell loss in the frontal and temporal lobes, leading to significant changes in personality, behavior, and language, often starting younger (45-65) than other dementias. Symptoms include apathy, disinhibition, impulsivity, loss of empathy, or difficulty speaking/understanding words, with common types being behavioral variant (bvFTD) and primary progressive aphasia (PPA). FTD is progressive, affecting areas controlling emotion, judgment, and communication.

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

Frontotemporal Dementia elleng Wednesday #1

Combined with his malignant personality disorder, it's bad. summer_in_TX Wednesday #2

I'm not bdamomma Wednesday #13

But, has his personality REALLY changed all that much over the past 10 years? LudwigPastorius Wednesday #3

yup Skittles Wednesday #8

+1. No more guardrails. Zero accountability. Absolute immunity. Unlimited power. dalton99a Wednesday #15

Hell, he's been an egomaniacal POS his entire adult life, and even before. tanyev Wednesday #10

I harbor this fantasy scenario wherein he DOES have a complete change of personality ZZenith Wednesday #4

I can't vouch for the accuracy of Google AI, but... LudwigPastorius Wednesday #6

Changes in behaviour??? You mean, even more repellant and ugly, niyad Wednesday #5

My wife (rip) said TexLaProgressive Wednesday #7

This makes sense. TBA Wednesday #9

Does it really matter at this point what the diagnosis is? indusurb Wednesday #11

Is it fatal more quickly than ALZ? BannonsLiver Wednesday #12

How soon we talkin' Hassin Bin Sober 23 hrs ago #18

So what's the timeline here? Mz Pip Wednesday #14

It's the difference between forgetting and confusion, or confabulation. That's when he believes summer_in_TX Wednesday #16

My Brother Has FTD DET Yesterday #17