If you had a mental and physical debilitating disease of alzheimer's would you prefer to be mentally aware of it, knowing you're wearing people out and being constantly confused, scared, tired, frustrated etc? or would you rather prefer to not have a clue about your mental state and be zombie like? still with confusion but less able?
My father has alzheimers and has recently came off the main drug that prevents the disease getting worse, when he was on it, he didn't have a clue what was wrong, he was less active and was deteriorating physically much quicker, he didn't want to do anything making his mind die faster, now hes more angry and able but the process of the disease is much faster.
In my opinion from seeing it from my eyes, i wouldn't want to be around if i got to be like that, if you ever got like that would you want to know? or just get looked after and become just a body with no mental state?
Answer:
Working with aged people changes your opinion on this I believe, the quicker the deterioration the better and not to know when it happened even better. There is nothing more debilitating than seeing yourself physically unable to do the most mundane tasks and being cared for as if you were a baby.
I got aware of my encephalitis (brain infection) the past few months (people have been complaining to me that I'm coming off the wrong way, and also I've started to walk a little funny and think very slowly)... and this does suck knowing that something is Very Wrong(TM).
Then again, I think in the end, it is better that I know what's going on, so at least when I remember (especially w/the coming off the wrong way), I can sound better and/or give reasons as to why I sounded the wrong way.
Depends on the illness. In Alzheimer's and Schizophrenia, due to the cognitive impairments of the disorders, individuals lack insight into the awareness of their condition.
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