http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/ Support Group Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:59:57 GMT kelliflynt@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2597 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2597 Hi Sunni, keep your head up and know you are doing the right thing, your father is safe where he is at, leave him there for now.  While he is there you could Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:30:21 GMT Nora http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2596 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2596 Hi Sunni,   I believe from the way you described the "before" and "after" that the alcohol brought on the mental problems.  Didn't you say he was a Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:04:29 GMT Sherry http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2595 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2595 ... I actually think I had a low thiamine level before any alcohol entered the picture. I suffered from gastroparesis. I may have already said this, so Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:11:42 GMT sunni stalbird http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2594 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2594 Thank you...are you sure he isnt both now an alcoholic and a mental patient, his sudden behavior changes..as well..this is so exhausting ... From: Nora Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:27:31 GMT kathym530@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2593 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2593 WKS is a rare disease as it is....so not often diagnosed. My mother was very fortuntate that her attending physician was Romanian...and curious as to why she Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:25:53 GMT Ali Hancock http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2592 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2592 Hi Sunni Nora is right, don't give in and bail him now, even if your dad has mental health issues he is unlikely to be able to be treated for them effectively Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:43:59 GMT Nora http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2591 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2591 Hi Sunni,   You need to tell them he's an alcoholic, not a mental patient.  And I'm just afraid if you bail him out you are asking for trouble.   Hang in Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:00:59 GMT sunni stalbird http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2590 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2590 I am always so glad to hear that there are others who are experiencing this . Wish I knew how WKS was diagnosed. I have heard MRI, or a neurologist can detect Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:57:27 GMT kathym530@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2589 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2589 Hi all..I've been reading the thread and thought I'd update you on my mother as well. She was diagnosed with WKS in January of 2003. I found her on New Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:37:44 GMT kelli flynt http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2588 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2588 I totally agree with Sherry, the same thing happened with my husband, the doctor's explained it to me along the line of when my husband's body processed Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:26:24 GMT Sherry http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2587 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2587 ... I was diagnosed when I got extremely ill, by docs at the hospital. I, to this day, wonder if that was really true. Most people who have had WKS to the Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:00:49 GMT sunni stalbird http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2586 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2586 Hi Sherry, who diagnosed yuou had WKS? I need to get my dad diagnosed as well. how do we get thiamine? is there aprescription for that? in high doses Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:44:15 GMT Sherry http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2585 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2585 Hi, I just saw that thing about promoting products. I do not sell thiamine! LOL I am honestly trying to let people know that this syndrome may come from some Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:42:06 GMT Sherry http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2584 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2584 Hi, I may have posted this before, but I wanted to make sure everyone knew it. I got sick with WKS a few years ago. Before that, I had another condition Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:28:03 GMT Sherry http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2583 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome/message/2583 ... Just a note. I had this syndrome and I am now working again, etc. You CAN recover from it. The basic thing is you need to keep pumping the thiamine in.