dolf
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Excessive drinking over a period of years may lead to a condition known as Alcohol Dementia, which can cause problems with memory, learning and other cognitive skills.
Alcohol has a direct effect on brain cells, resulting in poor judgment, difficulty making decisions and lack of insight.
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Those suffering from dementia, may have very little ability to learn new things, while many of their other mental abilities are still highly functioning. Along with the decline in cognitive skills, sometimes noticeable personality changes take place.
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Another symptom is telling the same stories or asking the same questions over and over, with no recollection that the questions have just been asked and answered. In conversation they may repeat the same piece of information 20 times, remaining wholly unaware that they are repeating the same thing in absolutely stereotyped expression.
Remarkably, at the same time they can seem to be in complete possession of their faculties -- able to reason well, drawing correct deductions, makes witty remarks, or playing games that require mental skills, such as chess or cards.
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Personality changes
•Frustration, Anger, and Irritability
•Emotional Lability, Unstable moods
•Paranoia, Suspicion, and Jealously
•Insensitivity to Others
•Flat Emotional Responses
•Loss of Inhibitions
•Fear of Being Alone
scary stuff.
Alcohol has a direct effect on brain cells, resulting in poor judgment, difficulty making decisions and lack of insight.
<snip>
Those suffering from dementia, may have very little ability to learn new things, while many of their other mental abilities are still highly functioning. Along with the decline in cognitive skills, sometimes noticeable personality changes take place.
<snip>
Another symptom is telling the same stories or asking the same questions over and over, with no recollection that the questions have just been asked and answered. In conversation they may repeat the same piece of information 20 times, remaining wholly unaware that they are repeating the same thing in absolutely stereotyped expression.
Remarkably, at the same time they can seem to be in complete possession of their faculties -- able to reason well, drawing correct deductions, makes witty remarks, or playing games that require mental skills, such as chess or cards.
<snip>
Personality changes
•Frustration, Anger, and Irritability
•Emotional Lability, Unstable moods
•Paranoia, Suspicion, and Jealously
•Insensitivity to Others
•Flat Emotional Responses
•Loss of Inhibitions
•Fear of Being Alone
scary stuff.
