Ffm48Senior Contributor
PTSD and dementia
I wonder, if anyone knows of any studies correlating a return into PTSD, anxiety, depression after getting dementia.
About the age I am now (69), my mother had first signs of dementia. Dementia progressed as it does; about a year before she died she no longer recognised me for who I was. At first she thought I was her mother, then she had no recognition, but for most of the time she was reliving the time she spent in concentration camp; she was 19-22 when she was incarcerated.
Due to severe childhood traumata and marital abuse I suffered from PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Well, I'm diagnosed with same; however, due to therapy have it all under control. Of course, there is no certainty, but I guess a high risk, I may contract a form of dementia. Predictably, the fear is whether there will be a relapse into PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
Are there any studies? So far, my research has only brought up PTSD as being a cause of dementia in veterans. There doesn't seem to be anything about relapse after successful treatment.
