I come to Jow Forums with a request. My mother is sick with a disease known as Korsakoff's syndrome. It happened back in June, she was in the hospital for over a month, and since then has been living at home. The condition causes severe deficits of memory, especially short term memory and the inability to commit new pieces of information to long term memory. In addition she has peripheral neuropathy as a result which causes numbness in the hands and feet which makes getting around and cooking and stuff more difficult (but not impossible) compared to before.
She's been doing better, no longer is making things up, short term memory seems to last for at least a day or two (in other words, she can remember what she did yesterday or the day before, but specific things that happened before then that aren't long term memories are forgotten often).
I'm posting here in the hopes of finding alternative methods of healing. Right now she's on some medications (has breast cancer as well) taking 1500mg of Vitamin B1 per day and a multivitamin. I'm looking at some other supplement compounds and alternative therapies, but I want something truly radical. I want to heal her brain as close to normal as possible. I have been praying to God but I am a big sinner and certainly don't deserve help. My mom isn't though. She was always a good person and the only reason this happened to her was because she began to drink a lot over the past year. We didn't even know about it, but she would drink when my father traveled to work because she was scared of being alone. It breaks my heart, I wish she had just called me and told me she was afraid and I would've stayed over at the house. Unfortunately she didn't want to bother me because in the past I'd been kind of mean to her (she was overprotective, I was kind of flippant with her but always made sure to tell her how much I loved her).
I’m sorry I cannot help, user. I can only offer you and your mother my prayers
Daniel Butler
This is gay. Post her tits
Alexander Morgan
thank you user
my mother is in her 60s and severely underweight. Plus she is my mom so I'd never take a pic of her tits let alone post them. But even if I was that degenerate, you wouldn't want to see them anyway because she is elderly
Chase Powell
Could be worse, I have the exact same issues and I’m in my 30’s. Has she stopped drinking? The neuropathy can get better if she stops drinking, but the Korsakoffs is a bitch.
Gavin Fisher
I'm so sorry. I'll pray for you.
I'm no expert, and I certainly have nothing radical, but I'm sure that the drinking is bad for her brain. Help her stop.
Light cardio can do great things for quality of life. Get her to do what she can do comfortably with the neuropathy. Swimming? Go on walks with her. Make sure she doesn't feel alone.
Cooper Ortiz
I wish you strength and patience in these tough times user.
Landon Foster
Godspeed op, may 2019 bring you and your mum happiness
Ryder Bennett
Honestly I highly doubt you have the same issues. If you did, I'm not sure you'd be able to post intelligently on this board. But if you're serious, I wish you all the best.
And yeah, we haven't allowed her to have a drink since June. We didn't even know she drank that much before this happened. I can count on one hand the times I've seen my mom drunk in my life. Fuck Korsakoff's syndrome. It is hell
thank you so much for the kind words
Jason Walker
>Honestly I highly doubt you have the same issues Well I do faggot. You think having peripheral neuropathy and Korsakoff’s syndrome is something to brag about online? Wernicke encephalopathy also, which I’m guessing she has since she takes B-1. You know there are varying degrees right? Having short term memory and numbness in your extremities doesn’t necessarily mean you’re incapable of posting online. I was going to help you, but you can die in a fire for all I care. No wonder your mom drinks when she has a little shit like you for a son.
Isaiah Price
Get her on HGH and blast test for good measure too.
Isaiah Stewart
Try posting to Reddit. Jow Forums is full of 18 year old meming neckbeards
Luis Rogers
I cannot offer any advice, but I offer my sympathy user. I hope for a swift and painless recovery for your mother.
Xavier Parker
And what is r*ddit full of if not 15 year old meming neckbeards, soccer moms and halfwitted boomers?
Owen Russell
No, he came to the right place. He just called people liars for trying to help.
Anthony Nguyen
Calm down dude, I don't think he meant to offend. He even complimented you at the end
I'd also suggest writing the same story on Reddit. They can be very helpful from time to time, especially if you manage to garner enough attention with your post. You have nothing to lose. I wish you the best, user. I'll pray for you and your mother.
Jose Parker
This, but unironically.
I hope she gets better, losing your mother is a rough trial in a man's life. The people on Reddit (depends on which subreddit, definitely do try a medical related sub) are more knowledgeable than some faggots on Jow Forums (though sometimes this isn't the case, as been proven many times).
You'll probably get Gold or something just for posting there, they love sob stories. Even then, you'll be able to get better internet help from them than us. I hope things work out user, carpe diem
Connor Roberts
dude I said if you were serious I wish you the best. And I guess my mom can post online, she can go on facebook and send me messages and stuff, so that's good. She's done better recently but I came here looking for help. You never know who is lurking and I figured I'd exhaust all avenues.
I actually just found a recently published article about a case that completely reversed. I'm not giving up hope
yeah I already posted on reddit in the r/nootropics forum. I got some good advice that I want to put into practice after more research. I just figured I'd see what I can find here too. While reddit can be great, I find that Jow Forums in general has a more intellectually diverse culture.
Nicholas Morgan
Imagine someone is asking for help about colon cancer and you have it and have gone through hell with it and want to help so you tell them that you have it and they reply with “Honestly I highly doubt you have the same issues”. In what world is that not offensive? It’s embarrassing to admit and the first thing out of their mouth is to call you a liar.
Daniel Diaz
I believe it was more along the lines of > "Wow, my mom is in such a degenerative state that seeing your post, which is indistinguishable from every other post, I am in utter disbelief that you share her condition." But don't take that from me. Maybe he just misspoke.
Sorry about your condition, anyway. No one deserves that. Hope you get better. You seem to be taking it well enough if you can shitpost on Jow Forums
Cooper Foster
It's irreversible user.
It's a progressive disease and the best you can hope for is to halt the further progress and maintain whatever baseline you have now until death. She will never get better, only stop getting worse with successful treatment.
Get her will in order and look into long-term care insurance and facilities for the eventuality of when you can't take care of her anymore. It can get prohibitively expensive and some nursing homes are downright cruel and disgusting conditions for people who can't afford good long-term care.
Maybe medicine will discover some kind of regenerative treatment someday but that isn't today. I guess keep your eyes on medical journals if you really need to feel like you're doing something. Jow Forums does NOT have the answer and don't listen to any fucking gurus or eastern/spiritual medicine type people, they just want your money and will take advantage of your desperation (You are definitely desperate if you think there are any useful answers on this board). PhDs & MDs with PEER REVIEWED research on the subject is your only bet.
Camden Butler
You and your mother need to get saved dude. Pic related. www.holytext.org/gospel
shut up fag stop trying to be edgy because youre on the "4chinz" fucking newfag
Ayden Morris
see this postthere are instances of it being reversed it's just that they are rare. I'm not going to give up. Right now I've quit my job to take care of her because my dad has to go back to work (was on FMLA for a few months).
I'm going to take care of her as long as I can. I promised I'd never put her in a nursing home. I've been in some of those and they are truly awful. Only way I could see myself putting her in one is if my dad died and I had no money and had to work and physically couldn't take care of her
Zachary Gonzalez
SS + GOMAD
John Nelson
>No one deserves that. Nobody to blame but myself. It isn’t something that happens overnight, it takes years of alcohol abuse. >Hope you get better Thanks, I’m doing much better. >You seem to be taking it well enough if you can shitpost on Jow Forums It’s mostly reversible if you stop drinking and get treatment when the signs first appear. I didn’t, most don’t, but I did stop soon enough that my hands are better, only my feet occasionally go numb. My memory is fine, but if I drink I don’t remember anything from that night.
Robert Peterson
There are other long term healthcare options different from nursing homes available with good insurance. Please look into it before you get fucked. Eventually you will not be able to take care of her on your own, trust me. Guess whats next after that? The govt is going to be waiting there eagerly ready to take away your agency and all sorts of fun things can happen as they proceed to make her a ward of the state, seize and drain all of her accounts and take any inheritance you may have in the form of estate on paying for her govt sponsored care and putting her in the very shithole nursing home you feared from the beginning. Oh, and maybe throw the book at YOU for neglect if that wasn't enough.
I don't know your personal situation of course, but I would also consider that your Mom may not be very happy with you putting your own life on hold and sacrificing yourself for her. Again though, I don't know the intricacies of your situation. Also I am speaking from both personal and anecdotal experiences. Take that as you will.
TL;DR: Keep the state as far away from you as you can
