My mother has recently been diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia. We first noticed minor behavorial changes 6 months ago sort help. Recent SPECT scans have confirmed the disease. Within the last 3 months she has gone downhill rapidly. She has become aggressive and she is reacting and speaking as a child would. On reading some literature i feel her progressional state is showing some of the signs of someone with latter stage FTD but surely it cannot progress that quickly. Does anyone have any other cases where deteriation seems to be so quickly?
Hello Snapie 11
Welcome to TP
I am sorry to hear about your Mother.
I am afraid I have no experience with FTD, my mum had Alzheimers (AD) and Vascular Dementia (VaD or VD).
What I found when I looked at the various stages, I found mum in the earlier stages, could not do one or two things mentioned in the later stages, and when she was definitely in late stage mum could still still walk with assistance.
I do not wish to get your hopes up but
As the progression is rapid, it would be a good idea to get mum checked out for an infection, UTI (urinary tract infection) or Chest infections
are common and a dementia sufferer may not display the usual symptoms u would associate with an infection, such as feeling ill or a temperature.
So I would arrange with the sugery for them to give mum a check up, or at least take a urine sample in for them to test, just in case ,
I was shocked by the rapid deteriation in my mum when she had her first UTI, luckily mum did get back to her previous self once she had fully recobvred.
Please let us know how you get on