The Capgras Delusion in Dementia with Lewy Bodies
by
Dr. Brian M.Posted
Mon 25 Aug 2008 6:42pm
Southern Illinois University medical students Sameer Vohra and Teschlyn Woods were discussing Dementia with Lewy Bodies today and mentioned that Capgras syndrome can sometimes be a manifestation of this particular type of dementia. I had never heard of Capgras syndrome, but they explained it to me. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about it:
...
Read on »
Defeating Autism: A Damaging Delusion
by
Kev LeitchPosted
Fri 07 Nov 2008 2:57pm
Dr Mike Fitzpatrick’s new book ‘ Defeating Autism: A Damaging Delusion ’ is now available (Amazon: UK, US, Canada ). Just as I did for Paul Offit’s Autism’s False Prophets, I’ll give this a short review and a long review.
The short review: Holy shit, this book is good. Go buy it.
OK, so the long review. I got my copy when I was but a few t ...
Read on »
When delusions beckon...I'll follow the sun
by
Jennifer aka Beautiful MIndPosted
Mon 24 Sep 2012 12:00am
Do you ever feel like you're a pot boiling over, and you just need someone to lift the lid and turn down the heat? That's how I can explain my (hopefully momentary) lapse back into Scientology-delusion world. Sometimes, when I'm really stressed out, and when my meds (yes, I do hold them responsible for doing their job) don't seem to be workin ...
Read on »
How I know now what is real about my life: after delusions
by
Jennifer aka Beautiful MIndPosted
Sun 20 Nov 2011 12:00am
Since my last post elicited a response in the comments questioning how I know that I wasn't really a victim of Satanic ritual abuse, I thought I should answer that here, in case anybody else was wondering the same thing when they read my post.
There were so many things I believed when I was psychotic, that I know now were delusions, that ...
Read on »
Delusions of a Man
by
Jennifer aka Beautiful MIndPosted
Mon 25 Aug 2008 6:58pm
Update, on sleep: I did go to my doctor's office, though the doctor did not see me, and I told my caseworker there what is happening with my lack of sleep. So, the doctor increased my Seroquel. I think I mentioned this already, actually. I go back next week to see the doctor, and tell her that this increase is not enough for me to sleep at a norm ...
Read on »
Delusions
by
Sue J.Posted
Sun 19 Sep 2010 3:11pm
Still too sick to be on the computer for more than a moment or two but just had to share this hilarious blog post from Cranky Fibro Girl . Loved this!! Boy, do I ever need a Chronic Illness Delusional Intervention Fairy of my own! Thanks very much to one of my blog readers, Baffled, for passing this along to me so I could share it with you.
...
Read on »
Fusiform gyrus key to understanding neuroanatomic basis of Capgras delusion
by
Dr. Brian M.Posted
Tue 20 Sep 2011 7:45pm
Thanks to Doug Shevlin, MD (pictured with crawdaddy ) for steering me toward this TED talk by neuroscientist Vilayanura Ramachandran, MD, PhD . Dr. Ramachandran discusses the neuroanatomical substrate of the Capgras delusion, a neurological deficit about which I have blogged before . Dr. Ramachandran explains that the origin of this fascinati ...
Read on »
Infidelity and the Capgras Delusion
by
Dr. Romeo V.Posted
Thu 02 Oct 2008 6:15pm
A fascinating case study described in the June 2008 issue of Clinical Neurophysiology concerns a patient who presented visual hallucinations and identification disorders associated with a Capgras syndrome. During his Capgras episodes, the patient not only misidentified his wife's face, but also perceived her as being an entirely different sexua ...
Read on »
Darkness, Delusion and the Bhagavad Gita
by
Teal Marie Chimblo FyrbergPosted
Wed 01 Apr 2009 2:53pm
Image via Wikipedia
One of my favorite morning reads is my battered old copy of the Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God.) I purchased it in high school at Peace of Mind Bookstore, and my copy was old and used when I got it. Now it looks to be almost as old as the 3,000 year old Vedic scripture contained within; but the message is ever shiny and ne ...
Read on »
Warning: Self Delusion Can be Painful
by
David DiSalvoPosted
Mon 31 Aug 2009 11:24pm
Self delusion is a remarkably powerful thing. It’s capable, for instance, of enabling total blindness to basic tenets of physical reality. At the same time, it’s capable of causing others to believe something so deeply that they’ll think and act in ways precisely in line with what the delusion demands, as if following a script.
The vid ...
Read on »
