Blackeyes
Active member
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2019
- Messages
- 36
- Reason
- CALS
- Diagnosis
- 06/2019
- Country
- CA
- State
- SK
- City
- Swift current
Can someone tell me a bit about als and how it may effect the mind. Lately I’ve noticed larry doesn’t seem to always be processing what I’m saying. Or we are watching tv and I’ll go out of the room and come back and he’s laughing and I said what was said and he stops and looks at me and says I don’t remember. He doesn’t seem to pay attention anymore and tonight he argued with me because I had shot water in his tube and then a half hour later when I was putting him to bed he didn’t remember me doing it. Even tho I had changed the tape and was talking to him while I did it.
If I miss something that happened on a tv show say I will ask him and he takes a long time trying to explain it to me. So I’ve stopped. He remembers lots of things but it’s like he forgets how to tell the story. He’s repeated stories to me and they never vary it’s just talking longer for him to get the words out. His speech has changed but it doesn’t seem to be about forming the words. If that makes sense. I know als can cause a form of dementia is this what is happening?is there a test to determine? Any suggestions on anyway to help him with it?
If I miss something that happened on a tv show say I will ask him and he takes a long time trying to explain it to me. So I’ve stopped. He remembers lots of things but it’s like he forgets how to tell the story. He’s repeated stories to me and they never vary it’s just talking longer for him to get the words out. His speech has changed but it doesn’t seem to be about forming the words. If that makes sense. I know als can cause a form of dementia is this what is happening?is there a test to determine? Any suggestions on anyway to help him with it?