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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Alzheimer's / July 2004

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Judith Marrs - 30 Jul 2004 05:51 GMT
Hello everyone...I am new to this group and have a question. I don't know
much about this condition, but I am thinking my sister-in-law may have it or
early signs of it. She lives across the USA from us and has been having
weird telephone conversations, telling us that there are cameras in her tv
and that people are watching her and that her cat was stolen from her and
that Madonna and Cher have it, oh, and that people have been telling her
these things but she won't say who...she says that Madonna stpped a video of
her that was spread around the Internet and that my husband (her brother)
had an affair with Madonna two years ago...

now, my husband hasn't been out of Mississippi in several years and although
a musician, he doesn't run around in the same circles as Madonna...anyway,
this is all just so outlandish and we're worried but cannot get to Oregon
right now to check it out because of jobs...she lives in an apartment there,
no family...we have tried to get her to move out here with us but she would
say she couldn't leave her cat...???

But now she is telling me she will move here but first she says she has to
get this serious business cleared up about these people that are watching
her and says they know every move she makes even inside her home...I really
don;t know what to do, and we're worried...she also said she had anthrax in
Feb. and almost died and that the cat had it too...the cat disappeared when
she took it to the vet she said and a lady told her she couldn't have it for
a year...

I am not just playing here...if this seems to be a symptom of altzheimers,
please let me know and if you have any suggestions on what I should do for
her from such a long way away...

Thanks a lot,

Judith
Tumbleweed - 30 Jul 2004 08:04 GMT
> Hello everyone...I am new to this group and have a question. I don't know
> much about this condition, but I am thinking my sister-in-law may have it or
> early signs of it. She lives across the USA from us and has been having
> weird telephone conversations, telling us that there are cameras in her tv
<snip more of the same>

it could be one of many conditions, unless you can take some time off work
and get a doctor organised you wnt know what it is and if its treatable.
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Rose - 30 Jul 2004 08:21 GMT
>Subject: Re: Help...I need advice
>From: "Tumbleweed" thisaccountneverread@yahoo.com
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>it could be one of many conditions, unless you can take some time off work
>and get a doctor organised you wnt know what it is and if its treatable.

Yes I hope you can get your sister to a neurologist. Chances are that there's
help out there for whatever your sister's condition is.  The sooner she gets a
diagnosis the sooner she can get better.
Best of luck to both of you.

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"How do they know the dog food is any good?  Who tastes it?" -- Elaine,
"Seinfeld"
Evelyn Ruut - 30 Jul 2004 12:06 GMT
> Hello everyone...I am new to this group and have a question. I don't know
> much about this condition, but I am thinking my sister-in-law may have it or
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>
> Judith

Judith, it could be any number of different conditions, from mental illness
to alzheimers.

Although alzheimers can create delusions, usually the main symptom is
forgetfulness.   They forget what day it is, what time it is, what you told
them a minute ago, what they told YOU a minute ago.   They pay bills twice
and leave pots unattended on the stove and get lost when they go out for a
familiar errand two blocks away.

Unless someone goes there, gets her to a doctor and gets her diagnosed, and
unless she agrees to accept some help, I don't personally know what could be
done from across the country.

Your husband, being her sister, could perhaps call the local police
department where his sister lives, and express that there is some concern
for her mental health.   Maybe they could check on her for him, and if she
needs to go to a hospital for evaluation they might decide to do that, but
it is unlikely without a family member present that such a thing could be
done.   The laws are different everywhere, and police departments vary as to
how involved they might want to get.

From what you say, it sounds like there is definitely something seriously
wrong there.

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Evelyn

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The Cranky Genee - 30 Jul 2004 15:51 GMT
Is there a service for senior citizens or public health organization
you could call and ask to visit your sister in law?
She could really be a danger to herself or others inadvertently.
Her living conditions may leave you breathless as well as her lack of
hygiene.
No matter what it is she needs to be checked out right away.

The Cranky Genee

>Hello everyone...I am new to this group and have a question. I don't know
>much about this condition, but I am thinking my sister-in-law may have it or
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>
>Judith
turkey in the straw - 31 Jul 2004 04:04 GMT
Judith,
  Sounds more like schitsofrenia(SP) or manic depression to me.Just a
thought.Others here will be of more help.Barb
 
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