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Old 07-02-2015, 04:30 PM
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Hi again, Diandra. I was hoping you might get more direct responses too.

I totally agree with what you’re saying, though. My uncle was always a gentle man, and I never really ever heard him raise his voice in anger, not even once. When he started developing symptoms of dementia, he actually became an even nicer person. Whenever I would visit, he would smile when he saw me and he was unfailingly polite to me, helping me to a chair in the room, asking me if I wanted something to eat or drink, etc.

The problem came when he wasn’t able to recognize some people he knew any more, and my cousin then insisted that he needed diagnosis and treatment. I think the reason my aunt was so traumatized by the eventual incidents of violence is that it came from such a gentle soul, and I don’t think she ever believed that the violent behavior was actually a side effect from the medication, even though the doctors told her it was.
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