rightwingSUVdriver
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That's for sure!
Geeze I'm starting to feel like a well-worn old broad but my Grandfather was taken to that facility for a very similar episode; a melt-down at work. He never came home after that which was unfortunate, but safer for the family and him. I think booze pickles the brain (not literally, but it does do some sort of long-term damage in extreme cases.) If only Ford had some warning of what the future holds.... oh, yeah. He did.
From wikipedia:
Korsakoff's syndrome (also called Korsakoff's dementia, Korsakoff's psychosis, or amnesic-confabulatory syndrome) is a neurological disorder caused by a lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) in the brain. Its onset is linked to chronic alcohol abuse and/or severe malnutrition. The syndrome is named after Sergei Korsakoff, a Russian neuropsychiatrist who discovered the syndrome during the late 19th century.
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1 Signs and symptoms
2 Causes
2.1 Risk factors
3 Treatment
4 Prevention
5 Case studies
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Signs and symptoms[edit]
There are six major symptoms of Korsakoff's syndrome:
anterograde amnesia
retrograde amnesia, severe memory loss
confabulation, that is, invented memories which are then taken as true due to gaps in memory sometimes associated with blackouts
minimal content in conversation
lack of insight
apathy - the patients lose interest in things quickly and generally appear indifferent to change.
These symptoms are caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1).[1] Thiamine is essential for the carboxylation of pyruvate and deficiency during this metabolic process is thought to cause damage to the medial thalamus and mammillary bodies of the posterior hypothalamus as well as generalized cerebral atrophy.[2] These brain regions are all parts of the limbic system, which is heavily involved in emotion and memory.
Sounds like Ford, actually. "Lack of insight?" yup.