- Mar 28, 2008
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My grandfather had it, he died 2 years ago, I didn't fully understand it until I went to visit him and he didn't know who I was.
Its fucking horrible to watch, I would not wish it on anyone. I'm sorry to hear your sister is having issues, thats tough.
But... assuming OP is telling the truth, there are many more reasons as to why he forgot everything for 10 seconds or so.
Last month I woke up on a park bench in a town 40 miles from where I live and I didn't know WTF happened, how I got there, what happened or anything else.
I fell asleep with my head the opposite end of the bed one day and felt really disillusioned. It happens.
Theres 50 different causes of this, don't freak him out telling him hes going to suffer....
PS. I still don't believe OP. In 10 seconds he woke up, didn't know who he was, what country he was in, where he was or what happened and 10 seconds later it all came back. Nah man, BS.
One thing you have overlooked with your "highly analytical mind" and your "Bullshit Detector"
is the fact that Alzheimers/Dementia often involve TIME DISTORTION. In other words, the
experience of what feels like ten seconds could actually be ten minutes or even longer. On
the other hand, what feels like one month, could actually be a day or a few hours. That happens
to my sister quite often.