... Hi Carlos, My name is Ann, I live in Scotland and my dad has Korsakoff. We only found out last July. I am sorry I can't tell you about medication, I...
Irene, Best of Luck with your little boy! As a mother of six whose husband just was diagonised with WKS, I feel that any help from medical staff would be good....
Rita, Thanks a lot for your message. As a researcher, your positive opinions on the importance of research give me a lot of strenght in keeping doing. It is...
Irene Can i just check that you received the private email that I mailed to you Regards Gordon ************************************************** Gordon J...
Irene, Yes, I did Thank you. I am so unsure of all of this. It is nice to know someone is trying to do something. I am so frustrated. Here in New Mexico they...
hi Rita, has he been ever treated with thiamine? He should have thiamine supplementation everyday, nutrition is also very important becouse they can get...
hi gordon, yes I have received your messages. I was just writing a message to you privately. I'll e-mail you in a couple of minutes. keep in touch irene ... to...
Hi! I'm a voluntary assistant psychologist based in Manchester, UK. I'm looking to put together a resource directory for Korsakoff and Learning Disabled...
My mother has been drinking for years, excessively. She manages to get up and go to work every morning - I don't know how she does this, but she does....
I have been loading my husband up on Vitamin B. I bought the complex, and B1. I make him take 100 mg a day of the B1 and 2 of the B complex. He was diagnosed...
Hi Lisa. My understanding is that as long as your mother continues to drink there may not be a lot you can do. One of the most difficult things I have been...
HI All. My problem now is that my mother's brother has died. From the same circumstances as my mother (alchohol) but he was not intercepted as my mother was....
HI Kathy............i think your gut feeling is saying what is right for you. We had to go through something similar (obviously not as bad) when we had to put...
Hi Kathy My sympathy is with you. My mum was diagnosed with WKS 16 weeks ago and has been in the hospital since she was brought in accident & emergency. At...
Hi Kathy, First of all, I must say that my sympathy goes out to you, this must be a very hard time for you. On the subject of whether or not to tell your mum...
Hi Kathy, My sympathy to you also. It must be a really hard decision to make. My dad is in a nursing home at the moment and a few weeks ago I had to tell my...
My Husband has been diagonesed by two doctors, one family practice, second neuroligist with wernicke-korsakoff sydrome. We went to neuropsycholigist and he...
Rita: My mother had her first visit with a neurologist last week. She did pretty well on the tests and he too is questioning the Korsakoff's diagnosis but...
Pamela..........i know exactly where you are coming from. Brian confabulates most of the day. He now says the same things everyday and we always know when he...
It was a hard decision as I like to live my life in truth but in this case the truth could just be too harmful.When and if she ever asks for or about him, I...
I went to see the psychiatrist yesterday at the hospital first time I have spoken to one in the 15 weeks my mum has been in there. He was of the opinion that...
Hello everyone, My name is Paul, and I decided this morning to find others involved with WKS. I was diagnosed with the symptoms of Korsakoff about a year ago,...
I have just received a message through the group that created a virus warning on my pc. The message was from support @microsoft.com Please check file before...
I would like to know the answer to this question also? A family member was taken to the hospital 2 days ago after suffering what seemed to be hallucinations...
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It is heartbreaking to watch and to think it could have been so preventable if she would only listen. I have been to 2 which specifically treat Korsakoff...