My mother (80 years old) got hemiparalysis attack. She feels and talks as if she were in her twenties.
Patient's Query
Hi doctor,
My mother is 80 years old, and she had got a hemiparalysis attack last week. She has developed a mental disorder. She feels and talks as if she were in her twenties. Kindly help.
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Stroke in elderly people, especially resulting in residual weakness, paralysis or other motor sensory deficits, invariably leads to a major depressive episode that may not improve on its own. Silliness, childishness, and immature behaviors are consistent with mental regression that accompanies depression in elderly people. A prompt evaluation by a psychiatrist followed by antidepressant medication is recommended.
One other thing, caregivers of such stroke-afflicted depressed elderly patients are also prone to get depressed.
Same symptoms don't mean you have the same problem. Consult a doctor now!
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