Acute Memory Disorders

Question: Short term memory loss, in a traumatic situation have you experienced short term memory loss? Some of you know, but Tuesday it will be 9 miserable weeks for me. My beloved family member Betsy, a 1yr 4 moth old rottie was taken to an opthamologist to correct a condition entropion. Entropion is where the eye lid flips towards the eye and the lashes run against the cornea, making the dog uncomfortable. Long and short of it, she was dropped off in the a.m. and I received a telephone call at 345pm stating the operation went perfectly, and words verbatim by the vet, "With your permission we would like to keep Betsy over night so she does not "paw" at her stitches. A little worried, I agreed. The vet called me at 0804am the next morning and told me my dog hung herself while trying to escape the facility. What was a collar on for in a holding area, more importantly...she was supposed to be monitored. I am seeing a therapist over this, and I have Acute Stress Disorder and Bi-Polar "Mixed" state. Have any of you had trauma severely to cause short term memory loss? Experiences? How long? See the dog was under the vets care and custody. Apparantly while she was NOT being watched so she would not paw at her stitches, she tried to get out of the pen, had a collar on (no-no collars in crates or holding areas) and she tried to climb over the fence and her collar got stuck on the top of the fence and she hung herself. Horrible death. I am suffering from this ordeal tremendously and wondering if any of your folks experienced it? Used to be right on top of things with work now always lookin' lookin' lookin to see what is going on. Yes, she hung herself while the vet was supposed to monitor her. Thanks for answers and sharing experiences yes, the doctor was kicking himself for telling me what happended. I took her for an examination to my vet to determine the death. Strangulation. Yes, I am sure she died from strangulation. 2nd opinion. Please folks, I am asking about the short term memory loss, and have explained why I have acquired it, I am not asking answers like "wow I never heard of a dog hanging itself" Again, I am asking if anyone has experienced short term memory loss after trauma, she was not just a dog to me, that is me, to others maybe "just a dog". How long did it last, and how did you cope with it? That is all I am asking. Please, serious answers. Thank you.

Answer: im sorry i dont get your question. your DOG hung himself? and then you experienced short term memory loss?

Question: Short term memory loss, from traumatic experience. Anyone out there suffer this, how long and how did you cope My dog, a 1yr 4 moth old rottie was taken to an opthamologist to correct a condition entropion. Entropion is where the eye lid flips towards the eye and the lashes run against the cornea, making the dog uncomfortable. Long and short of it, she was dropped off in the a.m. and I received a telephone call at 345pm stating the operation went perfectly, and words verbatim by the vet, "With your permission we would like to keep her over night so she does not "paw" at her stitches." A little worried, I agreed. The vet called me at 0804am the next morning and told me my dog hung herself while trying to escape the facility. What was a collar on her for in a holding area, more importantly...she was supposed to be monitored. I am seeing a therapist over this, and I have Acute Stress Disorder and Bi-Polar "Mixed" state. Have any of you had trauma severely to cause short term memory loss? I asked this question earlier, but haven't come across any real answers. Thank you, and please no ridicule.

Answer: August 15 this year I was caught up in a terrible earthquake and got locked in my sisters house all by myself during the almost 4 minutes it lasted. From that day I began to have memory problems, I still don't remember what happened during the quake, I got lost twice & it so happens I was just around the corner from the house, I did not remember where I left things, I would go out and not know where to, would come back and not close the door & slept with a wide opened front door twice & could never find my keys. I would even forget to eat & sleep. Once I became aware of this, I had a medical check up as it could have been my cholesterol or any other physical issue, but it was not. The doctor told me it was stress & that I did not want to remember what I had been through. So what I have done is this: - Have my medicines in very small plastic bottles, one for each day and ten of those on my night table, all labeled. - I hired a lady to do the house work, to remind me to eat and serve my food. - I have set my night table alarm clock to the time I am supposed to go to bed. - Have all my bills and others in separate envelopes, hung those envelopes on a rack & wrote on them what they are.& when due for payment. The driver pays the bills. - Made four additional key sets, gave a copy to each of my two neighbor friends + one set on a small chain around my neck + the last one in charge of the driver I have known for years. - Made an ID for myself, had it plasticized & also hang it on the chain around my neck. - Reprogrammed my phone now only one number to get medical care from my insurance company to which I have placed one of their pink stickers and another for the Heart Trauma Center with one of their yellow stickers. - Made a photocopy of my Insurance ID and scotch taped it to the phone. - I don´t read anymore nor watch TV. - I keep my self busy exercising my memory with Internet trivia, puzzles and others that oblige me to think & remember and are also much fun. -I have a new calendar where I write what I am supposed to do each of the comming days. - I keep my private phone book updated, very easy to read & attached to the phone with a small chain. - I have given back 4 of my Credit Cards to the banks, have only kept one + written instructions to not pay out anything over a certain amount, without first checking with me. I keep track of what I spend in a small note book along with my credit card. All the above has taken away the horrible feeling of loosing my memory, I am much better now & the stress in beginning to drop day by day. What I have done has helped me to not be afraid of any possible consequences by memory loss, everything is where I can find it & under control. This has helped me a lot though I am not yet capable of answering on Yahoo Q&A. It will come back as I get better so I don't feel any stress about it, there are some days I can not answer anything so I just forget it and use my time in the garden with the plants & listen to music. Sorry for the long post but I had to remember all this & it has cost me a lot, I am very tired & going to bed. Regards.

Question: did u know? i got this in the email? Reading this information & sharing it, might mean saving a life or improving the quality of someone's life, maybe yours. In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick, she had stomach spasms, she was having a hard time getting around, and to walk was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone biopsies, and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not figure out what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick, she knew she was dying. She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughters name, and made sure her younger children were to be with her oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March 19th I called her to ask her how one of her tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. I thought, oh, my.... then I recalled an article a friend of mine emailed to me...and I asked her.... Do you drink Diet pop? She told me yes, as a matter of fact she was getting ready to crack one open that moment. I told her not to open it, and stop drinking the diet pop.... and I emailed her the following article. She called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can walk. She went up the stairs, and the muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% well, but sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me back when she got home. She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweetener! In a nutshell she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet soda, dying a slow death! When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for poisoning... she is well on her way to recovery... and she is walking!!! No wheelchair!!! This article saved her life!!! The life saving article: If it says "SUGAR FREE," on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! Have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME" marketed as 'NutraSweet,' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.' In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus, that it was hard to understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to Formaldehyde, and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants.) The methane toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis. People were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in error. The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol toxicity is! Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis; especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that the aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use, irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become life threatening. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptomatic once taken off diet sodas. In the case of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision returned and hearing improved markedly. This also applies to cases of tinnitus . During the lecture I said, "If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc.) And you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss.... you probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE!" People were jumping up during the lecture saying, I've got some of these symptoms: Is it reversible? Yes! Not drinking diet sodas and keeping an eye out for aspartame on food labels. Yes! We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up to Dr. Espisto (one of my speakers) and me and said: "Could you tell me why so many people seem to be coming down with MS? During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence! Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi, etc. are NOT A DIET PRODUCT! The Congressional Record states that it makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, particularly if no significant increase in exercise, etc. Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that physicians would believe that they have a patient with retinopathy, when in fact the symptoms are caused by aspartame! The aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control! Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxin without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus it passes the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of the brain, causing in diabetics (as well as in patients not suffering from diabetes) various kinds of brain damage, seizures, depression, manic seizures, manic depression, panic attacks, rage, and violence. (The Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi, consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.) Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects: i.e. mental retardation if taken at the time of conception and early pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NOT be given NutraSweet. I can relate different case histories of children having mal seizures and other disturbances, being on NutraSweet. Unfortunately it is not always easy to convince a mother that aspartame is to blame for her child's illness. Only by trial and success will she be able to warn other mothers to take their children's health into their own hands. Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, which helps in the metabolism of sugar (which would be ideal for diabetics) has now been approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA. For years the FDA has outlawed this sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO. Books on this subject are available: EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS written by Dr. Russell Blayblock (Health Press 1-800-643-2665) and DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - written by DR H. J. Roberts, also a diabetic specialist. These two doctors will be posting a position paper with some case histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the Internet. According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians "we are talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by this deadly poison." Here is the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when aspartame was included in 100 different products. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Now there are over 5,000 products containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!!!! I assure you, MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame knows how deadly it is. They fund among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association, the Conference of the American College of Physicians. This has been exposed in the New York Times - to no avail. These Associations cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and have to endorse their products. Senator Howard Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned all infants, pregnant mothers and children of the dangers of aspartame. The bill would have also instituted independent studies on the problems existing in the population (seizures, changes in brain chemistry, changes neurological and behavioral symptoms). It was killed by the powerful drug and chemical lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting public! i got this in an email. so read it, even if u thing wtf, lol casue it could be useful some time for someone

Answer: Urban legend. Do your homework and stop believing the crap you get in e-mails.

Question: what do u think?? believe it or not? Reading this information & sharing it, might mean saving a life or improving the quality of someone's life, maybe yours. In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick, she had stomach spasms, she was having a hard time getting around, and to walk was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone biopsies, and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not figure out what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick, she knew she was dying. She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughters name, and made sure her younger children were to be with her oldest daughter. She wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March 19th I called her to ask her how one of her tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. I thought, oh, my.... then I recalled an article a friend of mine emailed to me...and I asked her.... Do you drink Diet pop? She told me yes, as a matter of fact she was getting ready to crack one open that moment. I told her not to open it, and stop drinking the diet pop.... and I emailed her the following article. She called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she stopped drinking the diet pop, and she can walk. She went up the stairs, and the muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% well, but sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me back when she got home. She called me, and her doctor was amazed, he is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweetener! In a nutshell she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet soda, dying a slow death! When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for poisoning... she is well on her way to recovery... and she is walking!!! No wheelchair!!! This article saved her life!!! The life saving article: If it says "SUGAR FREE," on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! Have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME" marketed as 'NutraSweet,' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.' In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus, that it was hard to understand what toxin was causing this to be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to Formaldehyde, and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants.) The methane toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis. People were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in error. The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol toxicity is! Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis; especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that the aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use, irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become life threatening. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become symptomatic once taken off diet sodas. In the case of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision returned and hearing improved markedly. This also applies to cases of tinnitus . During the lecture I said, "If you are using ASPARTAME (Nutra Sweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc.) And you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss.... you probably have ASPARTAME DISEASE!" People were jumping up during the lecture saying, I've got some of these symptoms: Is it reversible? Yes! Not drinking diet sodas and keeping an eye out for aspartame on food labels. Yes! We have a very serious problem. A stranger came up to Dr. Espisto (one of my speakers) and me and said: "Could you tell me why so many people seem to be coming down with MS? During a visit to a hospice, a nurse said that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence! Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi, etc. are NOT A DIET PRODUCT! The Congressional Record states that it makes you crave carbohydrates and will make you FAT. The formaldehyde stores in the fat cells, particularly if no significant increase in exercise, etc. Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that physicians would believe that they have a patient with retinopathy, when in fact the symptoms are caused by aspartame! The aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control! Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are neurotoxin without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus it passes the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of the brain, causing in diabetics (as well as in patients not suffering from diabetes) various kinds of brain damage, seizures, depression, manic seizures, manic depression, panic attacks, rage, and violence. (The Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi, consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.) Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects: i.e. mental retardation if taken at the time of conception and early pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NOT be given NutraSweet. I can relate different case histories of children having mal seizures and other disturbances, being on NutraSweet. Unfortunately it is not always easy to convince a mother that aspartame is to blame for her child's illness. Only by trial and success will she be able to warn other mothers to take their children's health into their own hands. Stevia, a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, which helps in the metabolism of sugar (which would be ideal for diabetics) has now been approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA. For years the FDA has outlawed this sweet food because of their loyalty to MONSANTO. Books on this subject are available: EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS written by Dr. Russell Blayblock (Health Press 1-800-643-2665) and DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - written by DR H. J. Roberts, also a diabetic specialist. These two doctors will be posting a position paper with some case histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the Internet. According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians "we are talking about a plague of neurological diseases caused by this deadly poison." Here is the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when aspartame was included in 100 different products. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, but to no avail. Nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Now there are over 5,000 products containing this chemical, and the PATENT HAS EXPIRED!!!!! I assure you, MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame knows how deadly it is. They fund among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association, the Conference of the American College of Physicians. This has been exposed in the New York Times - to no avail. These Associations cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and have to endorse their products. Senator Howard Hetzenbaum wrote a bill that would have warned all infants, pregnant mothers and children of the dangers of aspartame. The bill would have also instituted independent studies on the problems existing in the population (seizures, changes in brain chemistry, changes neurological and behavioral symptoms). It was killed by the powerful drug and chemical lobbies, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting public! Someone said this, but don’t you think that this is sort of hypocritical?? What do u think, make up your own mind in what you believe or don’t believe, but you should read it and consider it. Urban legend. Do your homework and stop believing the crap you get in e-mails. Source(s): http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/asp… LOL i got this in an email, lol i didnt not write this, lol come on, lol if i did write this, i would be spending my time on more important things that the internet and silly questions, lol

Answer: Way too much written here - more than two scrolls and you loose people. Anything like this that I get in email - I don't even bother reading the whole thing. Like now. Who is 'someone'? - name your sources and put a link that leads to something, and not an unknown URL.

Question: i got an email?? is this true?? its about sugar free soda? I have not researched this subject, and make no claim of its validity. SWEET POISON A MUST READ In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick.she just knew she was dying. She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughter's name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of. She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March 19 I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS (Multiple Sclerosis). I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda? She told me that she did. As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment. I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda! I e-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer, had sent. My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk! The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but she sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when she got home. Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind. In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda...and literally dying a slow and miserable death. When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a complete recovery. And she is walking! No wheelchair! This article saved her life. If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the label; DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on 'ASPARTAME,' marketed as 'NutraSweet,' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.' In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn c auses metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other condit ions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, Methanol toxicity is! Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas. In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly. This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia. During a lecture, I said, 'If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!' < FONT color=#339966 size=4>People were jumping up during the lecture saying, 'I have some of these symptoms. Is it reversible?' Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels! Many products are fortified with it! This is a serious problem. Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice, a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence! Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight! These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.' Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body! Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the 'diet products' and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period. Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame. The Aspartame drives the bloodsugar out of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino acids necessary for a good balance. Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE. Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrierand it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage, seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, uncontrollable anger and rage. Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well. Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called 'behavior modification prescription drugs' (Ritalin and others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place! Most of these children were being 'poisoned' on a daily basis with the very foods that were 'better for them than sugar.' It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome. Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e. mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners. There are many different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison.' Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED! There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced. Everybody wants a 'piece of the Aspartame pie.' I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is. And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians? This has been recently exposed in the New York Times. These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products. Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants. The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms. The bill was killed. It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and uninformed public. Well, you're Informed now! YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW! Please print this out and/or e-mail to your family and friends. They have a right to know too

Answer: This rant is an amalgam of non-scientific canards, outrageous claims, intentional misinterpretations, dramatic hyperbole, highly selective use of data, and a few scattered truths. It's constructed this way intentionally, of course, so that the lay public can't readily evaluate it. To paraphrase comedian George Schlatter, "this rant is to scientific truth what Mother Teresa is to mud wrestling." Scientific study after scientific study has shown aspartame to be safe. Yet this fear-mongering about aspartame has been around for a long time, and won't die. It's brought to you by the same kind of alarmists who crusade against vaccinations and fluoride in drinking water. Pay them no mind.

Question: Anybody out there also suffer from long-term Depersonalization Disorder? I've had this since I was at least five years old. Sometimes it's fairly mild, feeling like I'm "driving" my body (like driving a car) instead of inhabiting it. When it began, though, it was more like panic attacks - extreme fear, dissociative feelings but no loss of memory. Usually it was at night when I was trying to go to sleep and didn't have anything to distract my mind. I had to remain perfectly still, barely breathing, and no part of my body could touch the rest (arms away from body, legs apart) and if I stayed that way long enough, it would gradually pass. I have only recently discovered that this actually has a name - all I had been told before was dissociative disorder. I also have severe depression, chronic with acute episodes. I'm on Lexapro, Xanax, and ProVigil with Ambien CR prn for sleep. Anyone with depersonalization disorder who has found a medication that works well? P.S. No, I don't like taking meds but I've tried going off MANY times and the result was BAD.

Answer: I know what you are talking about! I have some similar experiences too. I have gotten use to them though .I take meds for other things because there is not one medication that can help with it, Sometimes it is like I am so disconnected that I am in pieces. It is awful .My psych Dr. put me on Lithium for a while.

Question: I am confused with my psychology homework? I am taking my psychology abnormal class. I do not understand this question. It has 4 muti choices on each questions. I have 50 questions, but I couldn't figure out 6 questions out of 50. I put it down here as well. Can you help me? 1 = The assumption behind the use of projective tests as assessment tools is that: A) they are relatively easy to score. B) the responses come from the client's unconscious. C) they stimulate abnormal behaviors that the clinician can observe. D) patient responses to specific stimuli will uncover specific disorders. 2 = Which of the following patients is most likely to benefit most from psychoanalytic treatment? A) a person who needs to make profound behavioral changes very quickly B) a person who has difficulty expressing ideas and feelings verbally C) someone who is insightful and thinks clearly D) someone who is severely disturbed and in a mental hospital 3 = One distinction that DSM-IV-TR makes between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder is based on: A) how intense the anxiety-linked symptoms are. B) what the cause of the anxiety-linked symptoms was. C) how long the anxiety symptoms last. 4 = A person, years after committing a serious crime, is found living under a false identity over 1,000 miles from where the person used to live. The person's memory of the crime, and of other earlier events, is intact. Most likely this is a case of: A) dissociative fugue. B) dissociative amnesia. C) dissociative identity (multiple personality) disorder. D) no mental disorder. 5 = 16. A woman who has just given birth is anxious, has trouble sleeping, and feels sad. These symptoms diminish in the next couple of weeks. What she has experienced is most likely: A) the “baby blues,� something experienced by over half of new mothers. B) the “baby blues,� something experienced by under half of new mothers. C) postpartum depression, something experienced by over half of new mothers. D) postpartum depression, something experienced by under half of new mothers. 6 = Second-generation antidepressants: A) are significantly more effective than tricyclics. B) are easier to overdose on than tricyclics. C) produce fewer unpleasant side effects than tricyclics. D) are less often prescribed than tricyclics.

Answer: This is what I came up with; the links below will validate my answers. The fourth one though, about the false identity, that cannot be a fugue because of the crime committed; that person is hiding from the law. D According to the article in the first link. C Again, in the 2nd link, insightful people seem most desired. C A.A.D is simply PTSD for a shorter duration. D not a fugue because this person is hiding from the law. C Actually, more like 80% of post-birth mothers. (4th link) C Less side effects and not nearly as lethal (5th link) I am a psych major btw, a junior, taking Theory of Personalities, Social Psych, and Developmental Psych right now. Also have had lab, a class in Behavioral Psych, and am 25 credits away from a degree in Clinical Psychology.

Question: Homework? Can you do these questions? I made them up.:) Im a psych major.? 1. Bipolar disorder used to be officially called ______ and is still often referred to by that term. 2. T F The terms mental disorder and psychological disorder mean the same thing and are interchangeable. 3. A(n) ______ is an intense, irrational fear that is triggered by a particular object or situation. 4. The psychological disorder that is characterized by impaired functioning because of severely distorted beliefs, perceptions, and thought processes is called: 5. The ______ type of schizophrenia is characterized by bizarre postures or grimacing, extremely agitated behavior, complete immobility, or echoing the words spoken by another person. 6. T F Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) only occurs in response to extreme traumas associated with military combat and war. 7. A falsely held belief that persists in spite of evidence contrary to the belief is formally called: 8. Jeffrey is so preoccupied by his fear of germs that he always keeps his car and apartment windows sealed tightly and refuses to allow anyone into his apartment. He carries his own silverware, which he uses when he eats away from home, and washes his hands every time he touches anything that has been touched by someone else. Jeffrey would most likely be diagnosed with: 9. Joan has always been afraid of dogs, particularly big dogs. Which of the following criteria would need to be met for Joan to be diagnosed as suffering from specific phobia? 10. The acronym "DSM-IV" stands for: 11. T F The behaviors that are considered to be "abnormal" can vary from one culture to another. 12. Which of the following terms means the same thing as the term psychological disorder ? 13. The most common type of schizophrenia is the ______ type. 14. A(n) ______ is a brief, sudden, uncontrollable episode of acute anxiety and fear that rapidly escalates in intensity and usually includes physical symptoms like a pounding heart, rapid breathing, trembling, and feeling as if you are choking or cannot breathe. 15. In obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessions and compulsions frequently: 16. The DSM-IV category of ______ is characterized by serious and persistent disturbances or fluctuations in a person's emotional state that cause psychological discomfort, impair the ability to function, or both. 17. In an anxiety disorder called ______, the person suffers from repetitive, intrusive thoughts and/or uncontrollable urges to perform certain repetitive behaviors. 18. Howard is hearing voices that he believes are coming from the Central Intelligence Agency. He is extremely suspicious and distrustful of his neighbors, who, he suspects are actually agents of a foreign country. Howard appears to be experiencing the ______ type of schizophrenia. 19. Before leaving her home, Margaret makes sure that every electrical appliance is unplugged and checks that every window and door is securely locked. She checks everything seventeen times according to a strict ritual that she has worked out. If she misses one window, door, or appliance she must begin all over again. If she tries to skip any step of the ritual, she experiences unbearable anxiety. Margaret is probably suffering from: 20. T F An obsession is a repetitive behavior that a person feels driven to perform. 21. T F Formerly called multiple personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder is characterized by having two or more distinct alternate personalities, each with its own name, personal history, and self-image. 22. T F Approximately 1,000 mental health professionals participated in the development of DSM-IV. 23. Jayne was in a fast-food restaurant when a man suddenly drew a gun and started shooting, killing several people. Although Jayne was not injured in the shooting spree, she has since been unable to return to work. She can't seem to stop thinking about the event. She has recurrent nightmares, is unable to sleep, and does not want to leave her home. She feels simultaneously numb and tense. It is most likely that Jayne is suffering from: 24. In contrast to normal anxiety, pathological anxiety: 25. The main symptom of a disorder called ______ is frequent, unpredictable, and unexpected panic attacks. 26. Over the last three months, Ivana's feelings of despondency have intensified for no apparent reason. Although her friends have tried to be encouraging and supportive, Ivana says that she feels completely detached from people, worthless, and has even thought about killing herself. Ivana's symptoms would suggest that she is probably suffering from: 27. Which of the following statements about anxiety is TRUE? A. Anxiety is always abnormal. B. Anxiety is a symptom that occurs only in the anxiety disorders but not in other psychological disorders C. Anxiety can be adaptive, helpful, and beneficial when it alerts people to a realistic threat. D. Anxiety is an unpleasant emotional state but has no physical effects. 28. When Kevin was a little boy, he insisted he was really a girl and often played with dolls with the girls in his neighborhood. When he became an adolescent, he shaved his legs and armpits. As a young adult, Kevin is in counseling in preparation for a sex-reassignment surgery. Which of the following psychological disorders does Kevin most likely have? 29. T F The acronym "DSM-IV" stands for "dissociative and somatic mental disorders." 30. The most controversial dissociative disorder involves extensive memory disruptions along with the presence of two or more distinct identities. This disorder is called: 31. Which of the following is often called "the common cold" of psychological disorders? 32. A long-lasting anxiety disorder that develops in response to being exposed to a severe and often life-threatening trauma is called: 33. Which of the following is a positive symptom of schizophrenia? (it looks like you better know all of the positive symptoms…) 34. An unpleasant emotional state that involves feelings of worry, dread, apprehension, and tension along with heightened physical arousal is called: 35. Ruth was hospitalized after a concerned coworker went to her house to find out why Ruth had unexpectedly failed to show up at work. When the coworker peered through a window, she saw Ruth standing motionless in the middle of her living room, much like a statue. Ruth appears to be experiencing the ______ type of schizophrenia. 36. The most common type of hallucination that occurs in schizophrenia is: 37. The term ______ refers to the scientific study of the origins, symptoms, and development of psychological disorders. 38. False or distorted perceptions that seem vividly real are called: 39. Which of the following is a negative symptom of schizophrenia? 40. T F Feelings of anxiety are always abnormal and indicate the existence of a serious psychological disorder.

Answer: 1. Manic depression 2. T 3. phobia 4. schizophrenia 5. idk 6. F 7. delusion 8. obsessive-compulsive disorder 9. You say "the following criteria," but you list no criteria. Bad question. 10. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4 11. T 12. You say "the following terms," but you list no terns. Bad question. 13. paranoid 14. panic attack 15. occur (another bad question) 16. mood disorders 17. obsessive compulsive disorder 18. paranoid 19. obsessive compulsive disorder 20. F 21. T 22. F 23. PTSD 24. is excessive for the circumstances 25. generalized anxiety disorder 26. chronic depression 27. C 28. gender identity disorder 29. F 30. Multiple Personality Disorder 31. depression 32. PTSD 33. hallucinations, delusions 34. generalized anxiety disorder 35. catatonic 36. auditory 37. pathology 38. hallucinations 39. Which of the following what? Bad question. However, a good answer is social withdrawal and lack of desire to communicate. 40. F

Question: Is there a reliable and accurate test, that is completely and undeniably correct, to check for Alzheimers? I had a complete Neuropsychological Evaluation consisting of WAIS, Weshsler Memory, Russell version, Drawing on command, Halstead-Reitan Neuropsy Test Battery, Reitan-Klove Lateral Dominance Exam, Category Test, Tactual Performance Test, Trail Making Test, part A and B, Seashore Rhythm Test, Speech-sounds Perception Test, Aphasia Screening Test, Reitan-Klove Sensory Perceptual Exam, Tactile Finger Recognition, Fingertip Number Writing, Tactile Form Recognition Test, Finger Oscillation Test, Strength of Grip, Beck Depression Inventory II, Cornell Medical Index Health Questionaire, Test of Memory Malingering. To try and determine if I sustained a head injury 2 years ago after an accident. The tests revealed I had moderate impairment on the right side of my brain. They labeled it " not atypical of a recovered closed head injury. The pattern is more like that seen in the presence of an acute or progressive neurological disorder and may reflect the early stages of Alzheimers disease.

Answer: No, there is no test. There are certain build-ups that might reflect Alzheimers, but they don't know this for sure and these can also appear for other reasons. When I read that last sentence again (I think it's very poorly worded, by the way) it almost sounds more like a decriptor of the symptoms rather than an actual guess. If you hadn't already done so, I'd definitely ask my doc for an interpretation of this, especially if you're under 70.

Question: Phobias of fun, colors, entertainment. Life after PTSD? After a reallly bad experience I developed acute depersonalization/Disassociative Identity Disorder along with PTSD. It was the worst experience of my life. Basically, the worst parts were being unable to enjoy anything because it felt melancholy/spiritually wrong. When I would take a day to enjoy life, everything I tried to do made me feel guilty to the point of depression. Well, thanks to great things in my life, I have conquered almost the whole condition... But honestly, I still get hit bad by those feelings of wrong/guilt/deep superstition about things I like. I can't enjoy television shows, music, painting, material posessions. It's like they are filled with bad memories or seem "bad luck" to partake in. I'm just looking for some insight into what this specifically might be called so I can start looking into it. My psychologist helps with everything except this one small issue.

Answer: this is hard......well........I think bringing the memory back might make you feel depress or sad even if it was about you being happy that day or some color reminds you of a bad memory...I'm also afraid watching TV.......