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Originally Posted by T4bbyCat
That all sounds rather familiar to me, though it wasn't a stroke (to my knowledge). She wasn't actually diagnosed with anything, just regressed into acting in these ways over time. The hoarding and anger are especially familiar.
I had no answers and neither did any doctor, aside from the implicit conclusion of dementia worsening gradually. I suppose a stroke would have similar effects in terms of taking away the mind.
The only thing I could do was to be there for her, FWIW. At the time, I didn't understand much. Sorry that I can't offer any real answers, but you're not alone in dealing with this.
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Thanks. Yes, Im not looking for answers or advices, just to find other people who are in a similar situation.
In the case of my mother, her cognitive issues (I thini its called vascular dementia) isnt progressive, its just stucked. She isnt delusional, she doesnt hear or see things, or make up things, as my grandmother did in her final years.
My mother is just... like with the house, a normal mind would think "yes, we should fix the roof", she is like "no, I dont care".
I can have normal conversations with her. But eventually something "strange" comes up. Like she starts talking bad about a neighbour its actually a good person. She is constantly angry with everyone. She pays too much attention to people of the TV.
She gets angry if I stop the microwave before the time I set it, she thinks Im gonna break it. If I use it 2 times and the food is still cold I cant use it a 3rd time, she thinks it gonna break. Small things like this.
She have 2 trash cans. Where I live we drink something that is a pot full of herbs, pour hot water, and we drink it with a straw, her pot gets cold, she drinks it and she thinks the water is cold, and have the kettle on the fire for hours (3 or 4 hours), she think the water isnt hot enough. She have broken 2 electric kettles, and 2 or 3 not electric ones. Her kitchen is full of kettles because she thinks doesnt work well.