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Laurence Nelligan's avatar

Note to self. Ask any Neurologist or a Loved one whose spouse died from dementia. You can hate Trump all you want yet it’s not going to change or reverse Medical Science (ohh, right, we don’t believe in Science anymore); Joe has every symptom of Dementia. Howl at the Moon, Disregard anyone who disagrees with your narrative; the guy has dementia. MSM & DNC hv been gaslighting America the last 4 years.

Put Kamala Harris in his place. There’s absolutely zero chance Trump can win yet we keep talking about the boogeyman in the closet

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lalyle's avatar

all due respect, but i am indeed a neuropsychologist, and i can tell you this is absolutely NOT dementia! (nor is it dementia for djt, but that's a different rant.) i won't bother going thru all the behavior patterns that rule this out cuz appears you're more inclined to disregard anyone who disagrees with your narrative, having decided without adequate scientific and medical info.

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Betsy Brown's avatar

Not a doctor, but worked for a neurologist specializing in dementia for many years. I wouldn’t be surprised to find that Mr Biden was having TIAs in the Broca’s area of his brain, which controls the ability to turn thoughts into speech. He reads a teleprompter without problem but sometimes forming the words is a problem. I wouldn’t use the word dementia to describe his mental status, but that’s just my opinion. I also think Mr Trump has had a series of TIAs as we have seen in some of his interviews and rally speeches. I would love it if they both dropped out of the race and we had better candidates.

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Jill's avatar

Did the neurologist you worked for also treat stuttering or stammering? I am also not a doctor, but I know Biden has coped with this problem for a long time. I am familiar with such speech patterns through my family. They pause as they try to say the right word, even though they have the thought firmly in their mind. Unfortunately in a debate format with time limits this can be a problem. I see no need to invoke a TIA.

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Betsy Brown's avatar

I don’t recall seeing patients where stuttering or stammering was the primary complaint. I am sure President Biden’s speech challenges that are well documented contributed to the poor debate performance but I also feel there was something else going on. Was it medication side effect, was it fatigue, was it something else, I don’t know. We can all speculate about what it could be but perhaps we can agree that if Mr Biden agreed to an independent full neurological workup and shared those results, it would go a long way to easing the fears of the voting public. I never in a million years would vote for Mr Trump. My vote will go to the democratic nominee, whomever that may be.

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