My mother suffers from this condition and I've never seen anyone else who has it. It's eerily familiar. It's very hard to make other people understand that it's not just word loss, it's a progressive loss of the meanings attached to words and objects.
In terms of confusion and other general dementia symptoms, my mother would be in the early stages, but her word loss is quite well advanced so that the degree of distress and frustration is very great.
Thanks for posting this.
@faro0485 With respect, what you describe may cause similar symptoms, but this condition has nothing to do with poor diet. It is caused by progressive degeneration of the frontal and temporal areas of the brain. Semantic Dementia, which is part of a group of conditions called Fronto-Temporal Lobe Dementia, is a serious debilitating condition.
My mother eventually lost all ability to communicate. Not only could she not talk, but she could not understand what other people were saying to her. She became extremely paranoid and eventually aggressive. She spent the last months of her life bed-ridden and heavily sedated because of her severe paranoia and anguish. She died peacefully in her sleep in January 2013.
Jacqueline, a loved one is exhibiting symptoms of semantic dementia. It'll be two months before he can see a neuro specialist for this. I have read everything I can find on the web that talks about this condition. Do you think you could share with me to help me understand what the future holds? He's had symptoms (loss of nouns and some meanings for about 3 yrs. now. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Regina, I'm sorry that someone close to you may be suffering from SD. I did the same as you, searched for all the information I could find on a "know-your-enemy" basis. From talking to our GP and consultant I learned that it can develop very differently from one patient to another. The initial challenges are mostly about language and the frustration as it is eroded. The later stages seem to depend on how much the frontal lobe becomes involved. Welcome to email jamaleen at gmail dot com.
The black and white footage of the elderly patients suffering from different disorders/dementia/mental declines are heartbreaking to watch; but for some reason this woman's sense of humor kinda cracks and cheers me up a bit.
My mother suffers from this condition and I've never seen anyone else who has it. It's eerily familiar. It's very hard to make other people understand that it's not just word loss, it's a progressive loss of the meanings attached to words and objects.
In terms of confusion and other general dementia symptoms, my mother would be in the early stages, but her word loss is quite well advanced so that the degree of distress and frustration is very great.
Thanks for posting this.
@faro0485 With respect, what you describe may cause similar symptoms, but this condition has nothing to do with poor diet. It is caused by progressive degeneration of the frontal and temporal areas of the brain. Semantic Dementia, which is part of a group of conditions called Fronto-Temporal Lobe Dementia, is a serious debilitating condition.
My mother eventually lost all ability to communicate. Not only could she not talk, but she could not understand what other people were saying to her. She became extremely paranoid and eventually aggressive. She spent the last months of her life bed-ridden and heavily sedated because of her severe paranoia and anguish. She died peacefully in her sleep in January 2013.
Jacqueline, a loved one is exhibiting symptoms of semantic dementia. It'll be two months before he can see a neuro specialist for this. I have read everything I can find on the web that talks about this condition. Do you think you could share with me to help me understand what the future holds? He's had symptoms (loss of nouns and some meanings for about 3 yrs. now. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Regina, I'm sorry that someone close to you may be suffering from SD. I did the same as you, searched for all the information I could find on a "know-your-enemy" basis. From talking to our GP and consultant I learned that it can develop very differently from one patient to another. The initial challenges are mostly about language and the frustration as it is eroded. The later stages seem to depend on how much the frontal lobe becomes involved. Welcome to email jamaleen at gmail dot com.
The black and white footage of the elderly patients suffering from different disorders/dementia/mental declines are heartbreaking to watch; but for some reason this woman's sense of humor kinda cracks and cheers me up a bit.
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