Re: LBD seen in highly intelligent folks? What about halucinations?

[Guest guest]

Hi, Judy. In many ways, I think it does make sense. My mother's background...

Born in Manhattan to German parents. Father worked, when health permitted, as

custodian in the tenement districts. Mom often told stories of not feeling safe

in the tenements and not being allowed to go anywhere by herself. The family

lived in the buildings in which her father worked, sharing communal bathrooms,

in which Mom was not allowed to be alone. Mom was always cautious but...she was

very gregarious and outgoing as I remember her better days.

When she began to ensure the blinds were closed tightly and that the heavy

curtains over the blinds were pinned together so no one could look in, we

transferred her cautious nature to that concern. If there was a blending of

paranoia in the earlier stages, it's difficult to judge.

My father was career military, serving in WWII and beyond. Mom and I, an only

child, were often alone during Dad's service years. It wasn't an easy life for

Mom but she made the best of it. Dad died in 1974, still a young man. Again,

Mom adjusted to her new life.

Can't remember Mom watching any violent programs on TV when I lived at home. I

do remember her crying easily at movies that had moments of trial such as a loss

or serious illness. On the other hand, I'm not sure what she watched in the

years that she lived alone after Dad died. It is very difficult to find more

current programming that has a plot not involving murder and/or mayhem.

Mom's really scary hallucinations occurred with the addition of Aricept to her

regimen. Once Seroquel was prescribed, following discontinuation of Aricept,

the hallucinations became more pleasant, often involving my father, her parents

or her brother (all of whom passed years prior to Mom's diagnosis). Her

hallucinations included auditory, visual and sensory feelings. Even though she

appears to be sleeping most of the time now, she still goes through the motions,

with her hands, of housework or something else I can't figure out. In other

words, she doesn't speak of hallucinations but it isn't difficult to see her

acting out on them.

We never know when an important puzzle piece might appear. It's always

interesting to compare notes and look for commonality.

Best wishes,

Lynn in Florida

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snip> Perhaps, and this is only a guess people who experienced more gruesome

ordeals in their lives or had witnessed perhaps in their lives or through

movies, tv, etc. more violent experiences have more frightening and scarey

memories experience more frightening halucinations. What do others think?? Does

this make any sense??