reason?
Perhaps this is a valid reason for why bush is the way he is....
TBR News has an interesting follow-up to the memo about Bush's seizures.
Note: We listed a number of observed and pubic actions of the President, sent them to a major hospital in the New York area to the attention of the Department of Neurology. In this communication, we indicated that the symptoms belonged to a relative who was at the head of an important American business entity. This is the reply from the head neurologist at the hospital complex. Needless to say, we have redacted his name but anyone else can get an identical response from a neurologist in their own area.
The hypothesis is that Bush may be suffering from Alzheimer's.
This got me to thinking about the incumbent's past alcohol and drug use, and a quick search leads me to believe that this is probably what the problem is.
Korsakoff syndrome, or Korsakoff psychosis, involves impairment of memory out of proportion to other cognitive functions. The most distinguishing symptom is confabulation (fabrication) where the person makes up detailed, believable (or not) stories about experiences or situations to cover the gaps in the memory. Korsakoff psychosis involves damage to areas of the brain involved with memory.
Symptoms:
Vision changes
Double vision
Eye movements abnormalities
Eyelid drooping
Loss of muscle coordination
Unsteady, uncoordinated walking (Letterman has quite a few clips that demonstrate this)
Loss of memory, can be profound
Inability to form new memories
Confabulation
Warning Signs
This list of warning signs of possible dementia are published on the Alzheimer's Outreach web site:
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
Loss of problem-solving skills
Inability to do Familiar Tasks
Inability to Make Connections
Inability to Make Decisions
Inability to Initiate or Complete a Project
Communication problems
Problems Finding Words
Inability to Follow a Conversation
Repeating the Question
Disorientation
Loss of a Sense of Time
Getting Lost in Familiar Areas
Not Recognizing People
New and unfamiliar behaviors
Neglect of Self or Property
Hoarding
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Taking cocaine could cause irreversible brain damage, scientists from Edinburgh University have warned.
Tests on genetically modified mice showed that cocaine inhibited the brainby destroying a key protein responsible for learning and memory.
Dry Drunk: 'Bush's rigid, judgmental outlook comes across in virtually all his speeches. To fight evil, Bush is ready to take on the world, in almost a biblical sense. . . . Bush possesses the characteristics of the `dry drunk' in terms of his incoherence while speaking away from the script; his irritability with anyone (for example, Germany's Gerhard Schreoder) who dares disagree with him; and his dangerous obsessing about only one thing (Iraq). . . .
Brain shrinking is especially extensive in the cortex of the frontal lobe - the location of higher cognitive faculties.
The vulnerability to this frontal lobe shrinkage increases with age. After 40 some of the changes my be irreversible.
be afraid , be ver very afraid....
TBR News has an interesting follow-up to the memo about Bush's seizures.
Note: We listed a number of observed and pubic actions of the President, sent them to a major hospital in the New York area to the attention of the Department of Neurology. In this communication, we indicated that the symptoms belonged to a relative who was at the head of an important American business entity. This is the reply from the head neurologist at the hospital complex. Needless to say, we have redacted his name but anyone else can get an identical response from a neurologist in their own area.
The hypothesis is that Bush may be suffering from Alzheimer's.
This got me to thinking about the incumbent's past alcohol and drug use, and a quick search leads me to believe that this is probably what the problem is.
Korsakoff syndrome, or Korsakoff psychosis, involves impairment of memory out of proportion to other cognitive functions. The most distinguishing symptom is confabulation (fabrication) where the person makes up detailed, believable (or not) stories about experiences or situations to cover the gaps in the memory. Korsakoff psychosis involves damage to areas of the brain involved with memory.
Symptoms:
Vision changes
Double vision
Eye movements abnormalities
Eyelid drooping
Loss of muscle coordination
Unsteady, uncoordinated walking (Letterman has quite a few clips that demonstrate this)
Loss of memory, can be profound
Inability to form new memories
Confabulation
Warning Signs
This list of warning signs of possible dementia are published on the Alzheimer's Outreach web site:
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
Loss of problem-solving skills
Inability to do Familiar Tasks
Inability to Make Connections
Inability to Make Decisions
Inability to Initiate or Complete a Project
Communication problems
Problems Finding Words
Inability to Follow a Conversation
Repeating the Question
Disorientation
Loss of a Sense of Time
Getting Lost in Familiar Areas
Not Recognizing People
New and unfamiliar behaviors
Neglect of Self or Property
Hoarding
______________________________________
Taking cocaine could cause irreversible brain damage, scientists from Edinburgh University have warned.
Tests on genetically modified mice showed that cocaine inhibited the brainby destroying a key protein responsible for learning and memory.
Dry Drunk: 'Bush's rigid, judgmental outlook comes across in virtually all his speeches. To fight evil, Bush is ready to take on the world, in almost a biblical sense. . . . Bush possesses the characteristics of the `dry drunk' in terms of his incoherence while speaking away from the script; his irritability with anyone (for example, Germany's Gerhard Schreoder) who dares disagree with him; and his dangerous obsessing about only one thing (Iraq). . . .
Brain shrinking is especially extensive in the cortex of the frontal lobe - the location of higher cognitive faculties.
The vulnerability to this frontal lobe shrinkage increases with age. After 40 some of the changes my be irreversible.
be afraid , be ver very afraid....