than people who retire early at age 55+ and don’t have the responsibility of a job or the responsibility to follow a daily schedule.

We really don’t have much money and my mom has been forgetting more and more things. Sometimes when people have Alzheimer’s disease, they replace certain words with other words that fit with the description when they forget the word they’re looking for. Recently, she was looking for the lid to a pot and asked me for the "roof." She’s 54 years old. We don’t have any money to get her checked out. What can I do? Diets, exercises, anything.

How do they treat it? I recently got insurance coverage from my (absent) dad. Blue Cross Blue Shield. He keeps stating he’s going to send the insurance card, but I’ve been here and I’ve received nothing. I’m getting really frustrated. I cannot go to the doctor without proof of insurance. And he hasn’t sent it! I wouldn’t say that I’m skin and bones. I’m small and my moms noticed how "sick skinny" I look in her words. I feel faint a lot, dizzy, light headed, feverish and can’t sleep nearly at all. I drink water maybe two bottles a day. I eat hardly. I would say I’ll eat something in the middle of the day, say around now. (I have not eaten today) But then I won’t eat for maybe another nineteen, twenty+ hours. And even when I do eat It’s not what you would consider a full meal. It’s more like a snack. I’m very conscious about my body. I have very little self esteem. I have a big time fear of taking pills i’ve never taken one in my life. So I don’t know what to do if I EVER GO TO A DOCTOR, and I am cured with medication.

Any suggestions on what I can do with the medical issues. And the anorexia? I’d appreicate it. I’m 5"0′ 101 lb (last time i checked)

I always think degenerative diease is due to personality, life style, habits, regional… related. When people said genetics factor is crucial, but I think genes are also a history of how we or or ancestor live and evolve, I would like to have a poll or something that people could reflect that from the alzhemier patience they know. Prevention is always better than cure and I dont think medicine will do any help in foreseeable future.

like what does it affect in your body to kill you besides your affecting your brain obviously.

Well, my grandmother and her mother had it, although none of the male descendants have gotten it. They both got it when they were in their early 60′s. I have a great-uncle who is in his 70′s, and he has not gotten Alzheimer’s. Obviously, I am a male, so I don’t know how this could affect me.

Or perhaps I should ask another question: What is a symptom of alzheimer’s disease?

ok basically, im anorexic- and now iv really snapped out of the whole dumb idea of it all and want to gain weight. im ready to eat more and determined to gain weight! this is bcoz i think now i can really eat anything i want and i might aswell make the best of it- right? just wanted 2 ask- how long will it take for the weight to show as im really determined to make this a fast process as im sick of everyone around me telling me 2 eat and stuff and constantly worrying about me- im 18 years old and weigh 5 stone and im 5ft 4. my bmi is quite low and i have all symptoms of anorexia (ie no periods) what shall i do and how long will it take??
pls help me!! im willing to take any help- ( as long as its sensible)!!!
thank you guys so much- u have helped me soo much- by the way my parents and family are really supporting me through this!

I am currently in recovery from Anorexia. My doctor keeps trying to convince me to try taking Fluoxetine (Prozac) – not for depression as I am not depressed, but to aid in the treatment of my eating disorder. Apparently, it might reduce some of the panic and anxiety I suffer when I eat. I’m currently undecided as to whether I should try it, and I would love some advice or to hear people’s experiences of taking Prozac, especially those who have been prescribed it to treat anorexia.

All the research I’ve done seems to imply that Prozac doesn’t really help improve anorexia, especially if the patient is still underweight. Also there seem to be loads of side effects, one of which is anxiety and panic attacks as well as loss of appetite so I’m a little skeptical. I know they’re only possible side effects, but still. Also, I don’t really like the thought of being dependent on a drug which I don’t even know is going to have any benefit to me – you don’t start to see any benefit for between 4 – 8 weeks of taking them, so I’d be taking them for ages before I could even judge whether they were having any kind of positive effect.

So anyway, it would be great if anyone who’s ever taken Prozac, particularly in relation to an eating disorder could answer some of these questions for me – did it work in treating your eating disorder? How long did it take before you noticed its effects? Side effects? Do you think it benefitted you? Any advice/experiences at all would be awesome. Thank you! :]