Doctors only please, I have a very dear friend that has been diagnosed with cognitive dementia. Help Please!?

Question:

Is there anything you can offer? "New Magic Cure"? She is only 45 yo's old. She was in a terrible car accident a few years ago and her neourologist seems to give her no hope. I'm in love with her and want to try everything I can for her. She is warm, witty and funny at times, but then she has "moments" when she seems like she has to think hard before she speaks. I've known her for over 35 years and we recently got together after all that time I would Love to marry her, but I'm afraid of the future. Any suggestions or things I need to know about this to help her? Thank You.

Answers:
There are no magical cures, but here are some links for you. The first few deal with dementia itself, and the rest deal with tips and advice on caring for someone with dementia. Please remember that a real doctor will not dispense diagnostic, prognostic, or otherwise personal-case medical information online for both legal and ethical reasons.

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Sorry to inform you of this but REAL physicians would never visit this board. Only answers you get here will be uneducated guesses.
BTW: I don't believe a word you have written here, purely just another "oh pity me plea",and obviously neither does anyone else, considering the fact that 3 hours have passed and you only received one other reply. Read the next poster's last sentence; just a reiteration of exactly what I stated.
IF you truly love this woman, as you say, you would not be "afraid of the future."

first, brendy, real doctors DO visit this board. i am a psychiatrist who has been board certified for 5 years and i work at one of the foremost universities in the country.

i try to be helpful by educating people so they are empowered and able to seek the treatment they need. the other respondent is correct, i don't dispense diagnostic or prognostic opinions because it is not possible to do so without personally examining someone.

what i can tell you, basscatcher, is that although i am not a neuropsych expert, i am fairly certain there are no "new magic cures" for cognitive disorders (including dementias) due to head trauma (or anything else). i wish there was. usually the cutting edge treatment (almost always experimental) is done by NIMH (national institute oh mental health) or NIH (national institute of health). their websites are easily accessible and have "current research studies" sections. the other place to check would be the nearest university hospital as they usually are involved in research as well.

good luck.

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