This may seem a silly question, but I am new to all this and have not read much about the length of this illness, Mum seems to be going downhill quite quickly and yet from the messages on here it seems that some people are ill for many years, is this an unknown depending on the type of problem and do you think that facing the problem brings on the symptoms quicker, I do worry that I might be making her more ill by trying to help when she would rather be left alone even though I worry that she may not be safe alone, I expect that as this has been put in motion now there is no going back anyway, but its hard knowing what is the right thing to do, she is having the door sensor fitted soon and the ss are coming to ascess her needs, its her birthday soon and I wish it could be happy for her