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The Roux Comes First

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Tue Nov 11, 2025, 11:55 PM Tuesday

Do We Have Trained Professionals Here on DU Willing to Offer Opinions on What Pharmaceuticals or Other Measures

Would be commonly prescribed for aged folks giving signs of, you know, those signs of dementia?

And how they would work? Side effects?

Having just read of Elmore Leonard dying of a major stroke, I'd like to know.

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Do We Have Trained Professionals Here on DU Willing to Offer Opinions on What Pharmaceuticals or Other Measures (Original Post) The Roux Comes First Tuesday OP
It's a disease that has no one cure. However, water hydration, electrolyte levels, daily vitamins are important. Some in2herbs Yesterday #1
Does lots of Diet Coke count as hydration? tanyev 19 hrs ago #8
His dementia is worsening daily pfitz59 Yesterday #2
I was just reading that walking can slow down Alzheimers Old Crank Yesterday #3
Dementia is just an umbrella term Sympthsical Yesterday #4
And I Have No Impression That There Is a Data-based Connection Between Dementia and the Risk of Stroke The Roux Comes First Yesterday #6
It can be a thing Sympthsical 23 hrs ago #7
Thanks to All of You! The Roux Comes First Yesterday #5

in2herbs

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1. It's a disease that has no one cure. However, water hydration, electrolyte levels, daily vitamins are important. Some
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 12:12 AM
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have gained success with the use of THC.

Sympthsical

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4. Dementia is just an umbrella term
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 12:28 AM
Yesterday

For a wide range of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders that can cause cognitive decline.

I currently work in behavioral health (mostly children and adolescents these days), am in a nursing program doing rotations in a stroke unit, and spent over a decade in social services mostly working with Adult and Aging services, so I've been around a few blocks with these things.

What I will say is - don't trust Twitter professionals diagnosing from afar. Only physicians who have done an actual assessment of an individual can pinpoint what someone's neurological issues may be.

Asking for a med list for dementia is asking for a few dozen medications that might be used depending on the patient and what's going on with them.

Trump seems to be declining. It'll be interesting to see if he even makes it through the full term. But what exactly is wrong with him is basically speculation and quasi-educated guessing. Only his doctors know, and if it came out that his doctors never even bothered testing him for the purposes of plausible deniability, this will be my surprised face.

The Roux Comes First

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6. And I Have No Impression That There Is a Data-based Connection Between Dementia and the Risk of Stroke
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 12:40 AM
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I'd speculate, from no knowledge, that, if anything, cardiovascular issues might be a more likely precedent.

Sympthsical

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7. It can be a thing
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 04:24 AM
23 hrs ago

If someone's prone to transient ischemic attacks, that can be part of a vascular condition in the brain that leads to dementia.

Vascular dementia is very much a condition that exists and isn't all that uncommon.

High blood pressure, high cholesterol, congestive heart failure. You name it. Anything that compromises the cardiovascular system, particularly in older people, can mess up the brain and lead to brain damage and cognitive decline over time.

If someone's over there having mini-strokes all the time, it can scramble the noggin.

The Roux Comes First

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5. Thanks to All of You!
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 12:31 AM
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There are many of us (me, personally!) that I suspect can benefit from this advice.

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