Step Father – forgetful and shaking with loss of balance think it is a brain problem HELP!?
Question by talifromcali: Step Father – forgetful and shaking with loss of balance think it is a brain problem HELP!?
Hello
My name is Talina Walker and i would like to know if you have any ideas of what could be affecting my step father sorry if it gets drawn out but i am recently married and will be moving out of state leaving my mother and i think it would be easier if she knew what to do may put my mind at ease leaving her. We have already looked into Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease to vitamin deficiency and low blood sugar. Please help.
Background:
Military 20 yrs. deployed many times (few places Russia Finland: Utah) He was a tank mechanic and in Utah was around some poisons He has been around gun shots and lost some hearing ( i think it isnt just from that he has lost a significant amount of hearing when he retires he started working in Pest control he does have bad knees from football and i believe he has a caffeine addiction and he chain smokes. his mother is showing signs of forgetfulness as well and his sister has a brain tumor and i know another female on this mothers side has died of a brain tumor but im not sure who i think grandma.
Symptoms:
Forgetfulness- long term and short term even simple facts
sometimes when i ask him his age or birthday he cant tell me or his anniversary or what he ate or wore the day before has been getting worse every month it seems for 5 years or more
Loss of concentration-
In mid conversation he will forget he is talking to you or
Loss of awareness-
we can be yelling at the top of our lungs from the screen door right nest to his head
( him awake) and banging on the screen for him to open it and him not even know we are there
Zones out –
he will be talking to you and completely stop glaze over and look at you like you are crazy when you are like hello?! he also does this at random times while driving and watching tv while driving he just concentrates on driving any other time he is like a zombie glazed over and gone for long periods of time.
Stuttering- while speaking this is new to the last 5 months
Shaking and loss of balance- shaking is mostly in his hands and in the last 2 weeks has been all the time loss of balance seems to be random and he is a 6′ 3 240lb man a fall could do some damage.
Sleepiness- he falls asleep in his chair all day when he isnt working he may get up to make coffee or switch the channel then when my mom gets home he gets up talks for about 15 min falls asleep until dinner then falls asleep until he goes to bed this is new prob the last year had a gotten a lot worse in the last 2 months
Severe Night Terrors-
He will have then bad enough he runs through the house completely asleep yelling for everyone to get out the house is burning down or fight battles or invaders and he sometimes hurts himself by cracking his neck or kick or punching himself and once my mom and he remembers the dream when he wakes up.
Hearing Loss-
significant amount in the last year cannot hear someone in the same room as him my
mother has to get a surround sound system because he couldn’t hear the tv well
Blurred Vision & loss-
about 7 yrs ago he had better then 20/20 vision now he cannot see his paperwork also when he is reading he will have moments when his vision is completely gone like blurs out and im afraid it is happening when he is driving he has been drifting into opposite lanes and other things like that.
Loss of patience-
when someone is talking or my sister 4 year old is over any little think will set him off he will be so upset he will grit his teeth and just not know what to do he will be so nerve racked
Odd Thing:
He seems to remember his job (pest control) everything all bugs and techniques and measurement.Also his customers what they give him or facts they tell him or $ and conversations from now to years ago it is really weird.
Please help me im afraid to leave my mom and he forget who she and get scared and hurt her or her just being alone help me find some answers please!!!!!!!!!
Best answer:
Answer by Jimmy Page
id visiat a doctor ASAP.for your own safety.
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