Hi everyone,

Sorry I have been very quiet, just been very busy! Hope everyone is doing great and a happy 2013 to you all!

As most of you know, my sister has been diagnosed with PPMS 5 years ago.
She now is extremely flirty with everybody ( by everybody I mean myself, mother, father, husband, brother, nephews, cousins and even strangers!) She will even tell you that she is in the mood for you know what and ask you what you are going to do about it.
I know that she is not in her right mind, its as if she doesn't know right from wrong.

Now my problem is: she is texting strange men ( we do not know who they are - have never met them) people who don't know how she is (the flirting) will take advantage of her or even worse. How do I deal with this? What can I do for her to stop this? I'm just scared that she gets hurt! It doesn't help talking about it to her because she denies it and pretends she doesn't know what you talking about. Please help!

Love to all
And thank you in advance
**hugs**
Sadsister

SadSister,

I have seen this behavior in Alzheimer's but not in MS. Have you researched it? A call to her neurologist may help. There is a chance that it may be a side-effect of a medication causing lose of impulse control.

I am sure it is alarming to every one.

Let us know what your findings are.

Best to your family,
ANN

Talk to a doctor, but MS does effect judgement and decision making sometimes. Also, what is your sister's age? Stages effect some people too. Could be a combination of things - perfect storm thing you know?

If her physician isn't able to see her today I would consider taking her to the emergency room for a psych evaluation. This isn't what we might normally think of as "danger to self or others" but I do think it applies here because she is vulnerable, which puts her in danger, and also should she proposition someone underage she could possibly traumatize them and risk legal consequences.

Best of luck. I hope she gets better soon.

Thank you to all for the great advice! I will start my research immediately and come back to you. She is now 32 and lives with us, she cannot live on her own as she is extremely off balance. The only things she can do is washing dishes ( with supervision) that's all. She sleeps most of the time.

I just phoned her service provider and they gave me a number where I can baar all outgoing calls! Thanks so much, I never even would have thought about that.

Unfortunately we can only see her neurologist next month. The doctors in SA can be full of crap when it comes to appointments so we have no choice but to wait until next month. OR I can ask her Gynae to arrange for an appointment. (She is going for a hysterectomy 31 January 2013). Will keep up to date.

Another Question... Any links for emphysema? My dad got diagnosed 2 days ago.

Lots of love Sadsister

you can try googling COPD or emphysema. wikipedia should come up among other things. it's like an encyclopedia and will give an explanation. sorry for your dad's dx.

please make sure your sister's drs know of her condition before her surgery. they will need a way to evaluate her before & after the surgery and to watch her as a risk to fall etc.

Hello again, sadsister! I'm sorry to hear your sister is displaying such erratic behavior. I went back and read your older posts about her (here's the list of your posts: http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/se...g_searchinfo=1), and you mention from the beginning that she was acting like a child.

Hopefully her doctor will not "blow off" these cognitive symptoms. The doctor needs to address this. She really needs to see her neurologist!

Does your sister live on her own? If you've said, I missed it, sorry.

Oh my Sadsister, what a terrible thing for your Sister to be going through and such a worry for you and her loving family.
I think that a lesion in the right place in the brain could very well cause this to happen.

There must be meds to help. Talk to her Neuro/Psych and impress upon him your concern and worry for the well being of your Sister. Something similer happened to another member here. Haven't seen her for awhile, but the last time she was here, she sounded back to normal.

I'll be praying for her quick recovery from this worrisome symptom.

MS has been associated with aggressive sexual dysfunction in some cases.
Having this info might help in obtaining the appropriate treatment.

Hypersexual disorders - causes and treatments
http://www.hypersexualdisorders.com/...-risk-factors/

With love, Erika

Good advice all around but can you put controls on the cell phone for now so she can only text family members? Some carriers have that and it sounds like she needs that since she is communicating with strangers who might cause her harm. Good luck sweetie!