Irritating as his/her posts are it should be obvious to anyone with a
modicum of intelligence that Eddyjean is not well be it dementia or some
other form of mental illness.
Killfiling her is one thing as he/she doesn't seem to contribute much of
value  but using  comments like 'Whatta nutcase!' and 'loony' about a
person who is mentally not well(be it due to dementia or not)  is
completely out of order.

Tim

Mental health problems since mid teens. Lived with and married to a
wonderful woman called Brenda  for 22 and 19 years respectively.
For the last three years before she died she suffered from vascular
dementia.

Dennis,

99% of the time I don't reply to a troll.   In the recent case where I did,
Eddyjean, in her paranoid fantasy questioned my presence here.    I gave her
my 'credentials,' that's all.   I will do that occasionally if I feel
inclined.

We are NOT the only people who read here.   Newcomers and lurkers stop by
all the time.   I reserve the right when addressed personally, to reply to
whomever I wish.   If you want to killfile me, so be it, but if not, be
aware you may be exposing yourself to whatever I felt moved to reply to.
It could be anything.

I like jokes and sometimes I give the benefit of the doubt to a possible
troll.   I do NOT take direction from anyone and reply to whomever, whenever
I feel like it.

This newsgroup is not overwhelmed with high activity posting.   It doesn't
take but a minute to check this entire newsgroup and read all the new posts
here, including the trolls, the occasional humorous bit, or whatever.   It
isn't like one has to wade through 500 posts to catch up around here.

Discouraging anyone who posts here (other than the real trolls and we all
know who they are) isn't really necessary.   I don't care if someone replies
and puts a troll down royally.   In fact I rejoice in it.

Eddy Jean,
 Seriously ,do you have dememtia? And did you take care of your mom
when she had it?Barb

Re: Dementia Caregiver Study  

Group: alt.support.alzheimers Date: Sat, Feb 23, 2008, 10:49am (PST+3)
From: evelyn.ruut@gmail.com (Evelyn Ruut)
"EddyJean" <eddyjean@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:15961-47BFE97A-272@storefull-3176.bay.webtv.net... This is not a
time to go off half cocked with ideas about some long gone doctor. You
need to trust your loved ones and take care of yourself with the
resources around you today.
Evelyn wrote.....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Evelyn,
There are no effective resources or treatments for dementia and AD. It's
just a trial and error guessing game all the way. Depending on the
patient's body chemistry, some medications may relieve symptoms but do
not slow or stop the progression of the disease.
**************
EddyJean,
That is not correct.   With all due respect, your knowledge is a bit
dated. We have better understanding of the disease, and better
medications now, than even just a couple of years ago when my mother in
law was alive. Since she died, Namenda is now available, for instance.
It works with a different brain chemical that is necessary for cognition
than Aricept does. Together they can slow the progression and make life
more liveable for patient and family.
She was on Aricept and Zoloft and she was much closer to "normal" on
those meds than without.   She stopped threatening daily to kill
herself, and she was able to function much better while on them.  
There is good evidence to believe that Aricept actually SLOWS the
process of the illness, and new studies are being done all the time.  
I saw with my own eyes, how much better she was on it, than without it.
It was dramatic!
***********
The only one who knew
what to do was the late Dr. James R. Hunt. He treated patients with
facial/cranial diseases for 30 years before his death in 1937. Dr. Hunt
was the father of neurology in the United States, and Director of the
Neurology Department at Columbia University in NYC. This IS NOT a
half-cocked idea about some long gone doctor. Dr. Hunt was an "icon"
listed in the book of WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA. Read it for yourself and
check with the American Medical Association. The AMA keeps a list of all
discovered viruses in their files. The late Dr. Hunt discovered the
viruses that cause facial cranial diseases. If Dr. Hunt's books,
research and records had no value, why did much of his work disappear???
***************
Eddyjean,
I would strongly suspect that many new advances have been made since
1937 especially in the areas of virology.   I mean no insult to this
great doctors work, but I think that by limiting your understanding of
an illness to things done over 70 years ago, you are doing yourself a
great disfavor. If you are suffering from dementia of some kind TODAY it
would be completely foolish to dismiss the enormous advances in
understanding brain chemistry and the results of Seventy years of
serious studies since then.
Also I want you to consider that Alzheimers touches almost every family.
There are two members of my own family who died of it, as well as my
mother in law.   Think about all the people who work in hospitals and
universities and such.   THEIR families suffer from alzheimers too.
  If you go into a room of strangers and ask, it is almost impossible
to find someone who doesn't have a relative who has it.   It is an
enormous problem.   Think of millions of people needing constant care
and supervision!   It's mind boggling, and it will only get worse with
average longevity increasing every year.
***************
I strongly suspect some viruses are contagious, has anyone noticed the
many hospital expansions and new medical clinics built recently
nationwide? From the younget to the oldest, it's rare to find someone in
good health. Americans pay the highest healthcare costs in the world,
outrageous medical insurance premiums, but what do we get in return,
especially on chronic diseases? Guesswork! If there's serious research
on facial cranial diseases, I've not found it in the entire U.S.A. I've
been searching for many years.......
Eddyjean
**************
Eddyjean, I suggest you may be looking in the wrong places.   Due to
AIDS, Herpes and other viral diseases, there are MANY new antiviral
products are out there.   There is enormous pressure to find products
that work against viral illnesses, not only vaccines, but drugs that
suppress virus replication etc.
Eddyjean, I honestly fear that in making a saint of a doctor from 70
years ago, you are doing yourself a terrible disfavor, not to mention
misleading others, in going down a blind alley.
Learn about and embrace the new drugs and new technologies.   People
in the medical fields have relatives with alzheimers too.   There are
MANY devoted and caring people working very hard to find effective
medications to help patients with alzheimers.
There is a tremendous push to find a cause and a cure for it.   With
all the newer medications making people live longer, alzheimers is a
serious growing concern for the whole world.   Find yourself the best
geriatric doctor you can find.   Get every test they can give you, and
identify exactly what kind of dementia you have. Trust the professionals
and treat your illness with the latest knowledge and technologies.  
It is your best chance to have some quality of life.