I would agree with the other posts. My dad is taking
medication for alzheimers. His symptoms are very similar to
the one's my grandma had with alzheimers (she never drank)
My grandma progressed pretty quickly once it was obvious
there was a problem; my dad's is very slow. We can see the
changes in him on a weekly basis, but it would not be
obvious to anyone else that he's changed from January to
now.

Again, drinking makes it worse quickly. My dad was never
diagnosed with Alzheimers. He was diagnosed with dementia,
but that was caused by the WKS and continued drinking.

Hope that helps, ask anything.

Amanda
----- Original Message Follows -----
From: kathym530@...
To: wernicke_korsakoff_syndrome@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [wernicke_korsakoff_syndrome] WKS vs.
Alzheimer's
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 06:57:06 EDT

>Hi: From my reading WKS is often misdiagnosed. Your father
>should also see a neurologist. The major difference is
>that Alzhiemers is a progressive disease and if you
>father is no longer drinking WKS is not. So with my
>mother they did neuropsychological testing. The first one
>about 9 months in and the second one a year later. The
>findings were consistant with WKS because there were no
>major changes in the results. While it doesn't rule out
>Alzhiemers it does indicate WKS. That said, the treatment
> for her is essentially the same as if she had Alzhiemers,
>she is taking Exelon and Namenda and those drugs have
>really helped. The key is whether your father is still
>drinking. Good Luck, Kathy
>