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By and large I find the Alzheimer's population to be some of the happier older people I encounter. I wonder if persons with late stage Alzheimers are capable of being depressed. I don't know if they can hold a thought long enough to be depressed by it. I am sure in early stages where you are still cognizant that you are losing your memories and will soon be dependent on others for every thing in your life it is very depressing...but once you get past that..... Interesting. I'm going to think on that.
 
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By and large I find the Alzheimer's population to be some of the happier older people I encounter. I wonder if persons with late stage Alzheimers are capable of being depressed. I don't know if they can hold a thought long enough to be depressed by it. I am sure in early stages where you are still cognizant that you are losing your memories and will soon be dependent on others for every thing in your life it is very depressing...but once you get past that..... Interesting. I'm going to think on that.
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Interesting. I did not know that


Cami
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My experience with people with Alzheimer's is they have been unhappy. Not necessarily depressed but scared/paranoid/angry/confused.

My grandmother was in constant fear that people were trying to force her into prostitution and were trying to steal her stuff etc. etc.

Can't recall one I would describe as happy - but it is not a huge sample size.
 
Mudcat
My experience with people with Alzheimer's is they have been unhappy. Not necessarily depressed but scared/paranoid/angry/confused.

My grandmother was in constant fear that people were trying to force her into prostitution and were trying to steal her stuff etc. etc.

Can't recall one I would describe as happy - but it is not a huge sample size.
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In the earlier stages aggression is quite common apparently. I have never experienced a bit of that with my mom. Her disposition has remained the same thank God.

I found a blog where a woman described her husband with A.D. Kind of sums up my thinking. "
He no longer worried about death because he didn't have the capacity to think about the future. And he didn't stew over any unpleasant things that happened to him because he forgot them all very promptly."

I also just read that %40 of person's with Alzheimer's suffer from depression. I wonder however how many of persons in that age group don't?

Maybe the sample to which I refer is tainted as these are people who were well cared for in a unit devoted to dementia patients and had workers trained in how to deal with them. Ill equipped caregivers can often do more harm than good in dealing with this population.
 
MrX
And again, why do you consider escaping the suffering of Parkinson's justifiable, but escaping the suffering of clinical depression not justifiable?
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Because I don't put my faith in doctors. Too much experience (in my direct family) with doctors who are quite simply out for their own well being and not the patient's best interests. Parkinson's is Parkinson's. So there's that. It's just different. Hope that clears things up for you.
 
Matty
I believe I downloaded it off ThePirateBay. I was looking for a Theroux film I hadn't seen yet. His shit is always disturbing.
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I just watched it. I didn't find it disturbing in the least, but I have been desensitized. I think they all seemed pretty happy. Sad for the lady who got the early onset, but at least they all appeared to have good care.
 
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