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XemaSab

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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 04:27 PM Oct 2013

What are some early signs of Alzheimers'? [View all]

My mom is 65 and we've been having the same exact type of argument over and over and over.

She'll ask me something and then she'll get completely furious with me when I say I don't know.

For example, a few weeks ago we were driving through the Central Valley and she asked me what a pile of stuff in the middle of the field was for. I said I didn't know and she started to describe this pile to me and I was like "I didn't see it and I don't know what it was for." Then she got angry with me and said I was being disrespectful.

The next day her cell phone rang and she asked me how to answer it. I said I had no idea how to answer her phone, and she started screaming at me that I was a little bitch.

Like three days ago she asked me "Who wrote the poem "Will you be my pas el queue?" (sp????) I said I had no idea and she was like "Well it was OBVIOUSLY a joke" and rolled her eyes and I was like "Well I didn't get it at all." Then I asked her who did write it and she couldn't remember at all where it came from or what year it was from, so I was like "How do you expect me to know it then?" and she screamed at me that it was impossible to have a conversation with me.

In every instance, she doesn't know something, so she asks me and she gets pissed at me when I don't know either.

This is a recent thing and I don't get where it's coming from at all.







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Loss of the ability or reduced ability to smell cinnamon. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #1
Really? Duer 157099 Oct 2013 #4
Try this one: AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #19
Our tipoff when our mother would ask the same question rocktivity Oct 2013 #2
When my MIL lived with us... pipi_k Oct 2013 #7
You might consider getting her checked out Duer 157099 Oct 2013 #3
Well, I was going to say pipi_k Oct 2013 #5
A visit to the doctor is in order. Brigid Oct 2013 #6
Might not be as bad as you think. Suich Oct 2013 #8
My POSSLQ struggle4progress Oct 2013 #9
Medication side effects maybe? Avalux Oct 2013 #10
She's on Tramadol XemaSab Oct 2013 #14
Tramadol is an opiate. Avalux Oct 2013 #17
Keys Ron Obvious Oct 2013 #11
Repeating yourself frequently is one sign. mysuzuki2 Oct 2013 #12
Good one! vanlassie Oct 2013 #33
You need to get her to a doctor. Wait Wut Oct 2013 #13
My Mother exhibited symptoms similar to Alzheimers ... Myrina Oct 2013 #26
Could be anything or nothing. Downwinder Oct 2013 #15
As others have said Jenoch Oct 2013 #16
Get your mother to a doctor ASAP sarge43 Oct 2013 #18
I'm sorry, I don't have nice stories. hunter Oct 2013 #20
so sorry your Mom is going through this handmade34 Oct 2013 #21
My mother-in-law accused me of stealing my own book from her LiberalEsto Oct 2013 #22
ah gee . . . . ConcernedCanuk Oct 2013 #23
My mother would forget simple things, like how to use the toaster, or the tv remote. russspeakeasy Oct 2013 #24
Peanut butter sniff test confirms Alzheimer’s Duer 157099 Oct 2013 #25
Just saw this article - added Snap intaglio Oct 2013 #27
personality changes are one symptom u4ic Oct 2013 #28
As I understand it, the diagnosis for Alzheimer's occurs when all others have been eliminated. Auggie Oct 2013 #29
Yes, have her checked libodem Oct 2013 #30
She's probably pretty frightened pscot Oct 2013 #31
Try to have patience with her marzipanni Oct 2013 #32
See if you can get her to a doctor sakabatou Oct 2013 #34
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