# Quasi's Latest Alzheimer's Update **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239 "2009-06-18T23:55:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/1 "2009-06-18T23:55:37Z")
I had a 6 hour Neuro-Psych test done today, and I’m wore plumb-slap out from it, y’all! Please follow the link below for the humorous (I hope) details.🙂 I also hope you will remember the song and click for the 4-leggers, please? Have a laugh on da **QUAS**!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/2 "2009-06-19T00:19:55Z")
Okay, I give up. Where’s the link? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/3 "2009-06-19T00:26:43Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Okay, I give up. Where’s the link? 😉 In his signature, which you must not be able to see due to your settings. The blog is at [http://wheretobud.blogspot.com](http://wheretobud.blogspot.com). ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/4 "2009-06-19T00:41:03Z")
Thanks, **Marley** , once again for correcting my errors, and thank **you** , **Malleus, Incus, Stapes** , for caring enough to take a look! 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/5 "2009-06-19T00:45:22Z")
Wait… my settings… THAT’S why I haven’t been seeing any signatures around lately? :smack: I was wondering where all the siggys went. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/6 "2009-06-19T01:15:27Z")
Hey Quasi… when I got “Goethe” on a question they stopped asking questions…usually that means “wrong answer”, and part of me wondered if for a week I should phone the psychometrist back and say I meant “Goth-ee” incase he had no idea how to pronounce it. Now its bugging me again, and that was 6 months ago! And I didn’t like the analogies either… spent way too much time arguing things were NOT alike… So, don’t feel alone, or particularly frustrated with those specific responses. They let me work… _ **with Alzhiemers patients** _, on the basis of my answers. The “what’s missing” pictures suck though… honestly, for the fruit basket I said that one type of fruit wasn’t there… otherwise I had no clue. Keep smiling…your blog usually does that for me. Julie ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/7 "2009-06-19T02:31:55Z")
Oh, Jules, you rule! 🙂 You took my “sad song” and made it better! 😃 Thanks for sayin’ that stuff! 😃 You’re precious! Bill ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/8 "2009-06-19T04:44:53Z")
Wow, that made me smile… nice Beatles reference there. Thanks. (But remember that “half of what I say is meaningless…”) ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/9 "2009-06-19T19:12:35Z")
I love the word comparison part, too. Friend and Enemy: “They are both people?” I agree with the WTF nature of the answers. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/10 "2009-06-19T20:17:48Z")
For that one i said they are “people you have a strong emotional response to.” There was one, i cant remember, but i gave up and said “They both start with w?” ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/11 "2009-08-17T03:46:28Z")
… something called _pseudodementia_. Y’all can look it up, but the way it was explained to me is that I am so deeply depressed that it is affecting my memory. According to my neurologist, I scored “high average” on the neuro-psych test I took and so they’re no longer \*thinking \* EOAD, but are still treating me with meds as if I were (Namenda and Exelon patch). So the good news is I don’t have Alzheimer’s, but I am “pseudo-demented”.😉 For the depression, I am taking 200 mg of Lamiktal and 300 mg of Welbutrin. My wife says that because I am still having those “weeping spells” that the Welbutrin must not be working. So here’s what I’m thinking: If I’m pseudo-demented _now_, I’m gonna be a real handful when I get the real thing! 😃 So thanks for your thoughts and prayers and friendship. I feel very blessed to have so many friends. Quasi/Bill PS: I have changed the sig line to reflect this new development, and have also changed the the theme of the blog itself. I’m keeping the blog active, however, since it is a glimpse into my life, no matter _what’s_ wrong, and because I have so many people who care about me and are interested in how I’m dealing with my mental illness. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/12 "2009-08-17T03:50:57Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I’m wore plumb-slap out from it, y’all! Wie sagt Mann das auf Deutsch? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/13 "2009-08-17T03:58:28Z")
Man sagt, “Ich bin Hunde-müde!” That isn’t a literal translation of the phrase I used, **Johnny L.A.** , but it _is_ a colloquialism which translates as “I’m dog-tired!” 🙂 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/14 "2009-08-17T04:08:29Z")
Also, I wanted to add that I still also have these fits of rage - not _at_ anyone - just at myself. An example would be when I lay something down and one minute later cannot find it. This usually results in hitting myself or slapping myself in the face or pinching my arm hard enough to cause bruising. Your ol’ pal Quas’ is a real piece of work, huh? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/15 "2009-08-17T07:53:27Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > For the depression, I am taking 200 mg of Lamiktal and 300 mg of Welbutrin. > > My wife says that because I am still having those “weeping spells” that the Welbutrin must not be working. Antidepressants take 6-8 weeks to reach full efficacy. Hang in there, and good luck! ---
**Author:** ![toadbriar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@toadbriar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadbriar)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/16 "2009-08-17T10:34:33Z")
Wow! I’m mostly just a lurker, but I had to actually log in to share my congratulations at such fantastic news. I know depression is no picnic, but it is so, so treatable. I am so happy for you. As for the rages… it’s probably hard to think of this at the time, but: would you harshly punish a dear friend - or even acquaintance - with strikes and pinches? Surely not? Please treat yourself as kindly as you’d treat anyone here. It’s heartbreaking to think of hands doing that to you - even your own. So happy for your renewed diagnosis! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/17 "2009-08-17T15:08:03Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Man sagt, “Ich bin Hunde-müde!” This reminds me of two things: ‘Sau-schnell’ (‘pig-fast’), applied to Porsches and other fast cars. Not sure of the origin. Possibly a variation of ‘road hog’? The other is my first high school German class. We did dialogs to practice particular sounds. For the ü-sound it was: Was tust du? Ich übe Geige. Bist du müde? Ja. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/18 "2009-08-17T19:43:59Z")
Huh, what an interesting development. I hope they can get you answers one way or another soon! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/19 "2009-08-17T21:07:31Z")
It’s a great thing if the pseudomentia is treatable! So much better than an EOAD diagnosis, right? And if you’re on the meds for a couple months and they don’t seem to be working, hopefully they can try other drugs. StG ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239/20 "2009-08-17T22:58:11Z")
**Johnny, Quasi** – keep in in English, pls. Do you really need me to dig out the link to the “don’t post in other languages” rule? Thanks, twickster, MPSIMS moderator [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quasis-latest-alzheimers-update/500239.md?page=2)