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  • Yes. Literally. I do not want to ever see anything like that again.
  • My mother had Alzheimers
  • No, never really .. what about you ?? Is your brother ok ??
  • No but i've nearly lost mine and i am dam sure it wouldnt be easy to watch someone else loose theres.
  • Hi, m'dear. Do you mean temporarily, as in a temper tantrum or for good? Two people in my life got so angry each picked up a ceramic object and smashed it to the ground..scared the bejesus out of me..didn't know what was coming next. Fortunately, nothing followed that outburst. In her later years my mom became senile, memory-wise...she had flashes of recognition and remembrance..she could even crack a joke now and then..but mostly she was lost in her own world. Happy Saturday to you! :)
  • Only me. I told my shrink I think I'm going crazy and she said "Don't worry. It will be a short trip".:)
  • My Mom had a aneurysm in the brain.. Dad had alzheimer's, My ex brother-in-law real bad alcoholic,, so yes.
  • When I was younger I knew a guy who got messed up on drugs and lost his mind. It was scary.
  • Painfully yes! My young brother suffers from chronic pain due to a alformed hip.He attempted suicide by overdosing on pills. He went to a psychologist and was given an antidepressive. He seemed to be happier. Then for pain relief he started smoking marijuana. Then he was on percodan for pain as well. Then he started drinking whiskey. I tried the best I could but I was always wrong. Now he is in an instution being treated for schizophrenia. He is afraid of many things including me. This has been a difficult 8 mos. and I have no idea whether this time he will come out of it. I hope all goes well as he is a good man with many gifts!
  • this will be a bit of a strange answer, but i care about me loosing my mind. as a result of an injury a few years ago, i have short term cognitive memory loss. after a few months i do not recall much, and my poor wife and daughter witness it every day
  • yes, its horrible. i had lived with, helped cared for, and got professional treatment for three alcoholics, two of whom also suffered from depression and had substance abuse issues, and one who has bipolar disorder. two of them were suicidal. alcoholism is a terrible disease. but there is hope ~ two of them are recovering alcoholics now. professional mental health counseling, drug therapy (for depression), alcoholism support groups, no bs/non-enabling friends, radical lifestyle changes, dietary changes, and prayer/meditation were instrumental in their recovery.
  • Yes, watched my grandmother who had alzheimers totally lose it. She lived with it for about 40 years. It was terrible to watch her go like that.
  • Nearly, and unless someone has ever had this happen to them, they have no idea about the trauma that is involved. It was the worse time of my life. We always think that it could never happen to the people that we love.
  • Yes I have. It hurt me so much that I lost mine too. Thank goodness it was only temporary.
  • yes I watched my Grandmother be taken over by schizophrenia, very devastating.
  • Yes. My mother. It turned out she was allergic to Allegra D. We thought she had a stroke and dementia. She would hallucinate, like seeing a woodchuck run across the living room floor. She swore my dead father was in the bed, and cried because we would not remove his corpse. She cried because we 'moved' her from her home, and she did not know her way around (tried to find the bathroom in her bedroom closet). She got so she could not walk without help. We finally took her to the hospital the day it took my sister and I BOTH 45 minutes to get her from her chair in one room, out that room, through the kitchen, and into the bathroom. When she was done, it took a half hour to get her to the kitchen. She would take a step and sit. We literally pushed a kitchen chair behind her so she would not sit on the floor. The hospital is the one that found out what was wrong. Hard to believe an allergy could do that. She was 80 years old.
  • yes personally my mum, just before she passed away, her mental stauts deterioated hugely, it was a horribel thing to see, she said things and behaved in a way that was very foreign to her. during my years working in the hospital, we had a large alzheimers ward which I had to go to frequently to take blood off patients, although they werent related to me, it was sad to see those people, basically lost souls..............:(
  • Yes,I grew up with the next door neighbor who suffered with schizophrenia,I only saw him get sick once,I was witness to the change in behavior,,it really scared me as a kid. My ex. mother in law suffered with the same as me,bipolar,I watched her struggle many years,she has since passed at 48:(I liked her.) Many friends (recovering drug addicts) have permanent dammage due to too many years of use,I help when I can. And,naturally,every once in a while,,I,too,lose it,sometimes the meds just can't stop sever outbreaks,mania is quite intoxicating,and depression is quite debilitating too.:(
  • yes, im wacthing her right now, my gran. shes progressively getting worse, but they wont do anything about it!
  • Yes, myself. Everyday my symptoms seem to get worse, and worse. I will experience extreme highs, and lows as well as intense anxiety that can hit me at any moment. The anxiety is so bad that it seems to weaken the muscles in the back of my neck, and causes me to feel light headed; all of which is accompanied by fear/anxiety. I haven't spoken to a doctor about it, and don't intend to for fear of officially being labeled a "crazy person". Before these symptoms began to occur, I was fearless, had a type A personality, always active (i.e., running, gym, skydiving, etc) and was willing to do anything to succeed. Now, those activities are occupied with fear/and anxiety, and I am consumed with fear anytime I think someone is staring at me. When I am leaving the gym, if I see the girl behind the counter starring at me, I will be consumed with anxiety, and feel like I am losing control of my eyes, and that my eyes are bugging out of my head. For the record, it takes an extremely hot girl to cause that kind of anxiety, otherwise I feel o.k.. And sometimes it's random, like today at Peet's coffee I was reading a textbook, and all of a sudden was consumed with anxiety. I waited thirty minutes after I was intending on leaving just to wait for the anxiety to calm down. I wish I knew what's wrong with me, so I could fix it, but I am too scared of what it will mean for future jobs. However, if one of you could direct me to a good psychologist in the bay area that would be willing to treat me off the record, let me know; I am in serious need of help.
  • Yes,my grandmother had Alzheimers.It is a terrible thing.But she would get better then worse.I sure hope my Mother does not get it....Plus for some reason I seem to have known alot of people who have mental health problems.One friend,thought her husband would be alive when she got to his funeral.She has schizophrenia...Wish there was more help for mental illness and age related things.It is all so very hard....So sorry for everyone who loves someone who has to go thru it.
  • does me watching myself lose it count because deep down i feel like i am losing it but i still feel normal and no one seems to notice that i feel like im going insane...
  • Yer i have, my dad. Not nice and hopefully not to be repeated. Whatching is one the most painfull experiances i have ever had.

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