re: Diagnosed with alzheimers, he took his life instead

The problem is it can sneak up on you and then you dont have the awareness to carry it out. This guy was fortunate because he was diagnosed when he still had most of his faculties.

I would probably opt for how Woody Harelson did it in that three billboards movie. Write everyone a note and just end it. I don't want my family to have to deal with that.

Lost my mom from a 10+ year battle with it where it had her bed ridden for a full five of those years.

I understand taking your own life in this situation, and assisted suicide for situations like this should absolutely be a mercy we offer.

I don’t blame him. I’d rather be Old Yeller’d than live with something as awful as Alzheimer’s.

I lost my dad to dementia in April of last year. After seeing what he went through, I definitely understand.

My grandpa who was a marine and 2 way star football player for Navy got taken out by it. To this day the most gut wrenching thing I’ve ever gone through. Watched the toughest SOB I’ve ever met become a shell of himself. Got to the point where he didn’t remember any of us and couldn’t do anything on his own. It was difficult because he was still strong as shite, physically he was still there but mentally just completely gone.

It's what I will do to.

I'm not going to linger like an imbecile and embarrass myself and burden my family

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Cruel on the family around the person diagnosed with it. Pt's with end stage dementia don't know what's going on around them...

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In the very end stage they're essentially comatose, true. In the months and years before that there's confusion, hallucinations, paranoia, personality changes. They forget how to swallow food and get aspiration pneumonia. Your sweet grandma may become rage filled and violent. If there's a worse ending for the sufferers and their families, I dont want to know what it is.

Maybe someone should tell us old bastard what is the best way to go with minimal impact on our families. Can’t use a gun someone has to clean that shite up etc.

I always thought I would just go fishing far off take a bunch of sleeping pills and return to the sea. But if they don’t find my body that could turn into a nightmare

My mom was 5-3, 115 lbs. Thankfully she was pretty mellow most of the time, but she did have a couple of psychotic episodes during her eight year journey, and when she was in that state she had almost superhuman strength. It occurred to me at the time if it had been me instead of her, the cops would probably have shot me.