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CAPGRAS SOMETIMES GOES AWAY WITH TREATMENT
Did You Know That Capgras Sometimes Goes Away With Treatment?
People With It Believe A Loved One Was Replaced By An Impostor
Usually This Is Someone From Their Own Family
Capgras Is Rare And Its Causes Are Still Poorly Understood
Researchers At The Mayo Clinic Looked Back At 204 Patients With It
Most Of Them Had A Disease That Slowly Damages The Brain
Some Of Those Patients Were Given A Type Of Drug Used For Dementia
Capgras Improved In 15 Percent Of The 82 Who Took It
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OKAY BACK FROM THE PHARMACY 💊
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WHAT THE DEMENTIA REVIEW FOUND 📊
A Man In His Early 80s With Lewy Body Dementia Developed Capgras
His Doctors Worked At A Cleveland Clinic Hospital In Ohio
Treating Him Was Difficult At First
He Struggled To Find Words And His Thoughts Would Suddenly Stop
Doctors Gave Him A Dementia Drug Called Rivastigmine
His Capgras Symptoms Went Away Completely
The Doctors Think Similar Drugs May Help In Lewy Body Dementia
One Case Cannot Show How Often That Happens
A Review Gathered Case Studies Of Capgras In Dementia
Its Authors Searched Four Medical Databases In March 2023
Twenty Six Studies Met Their Criteria
After Drug Treatment Capgras Lifted In 28 Percent Of Cases
Another 28 Percent Improved
Symptoms Got Worse In 7 Percent
No Change Was Seen In 10.7 Percent
Most Of The Drugs Used Were Antipsychotics
The Authors Noted Limited Benefits And Significant Risks
They Also Found Almost No Studies Of Treatment Without Drugs
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WHEN DOCTORS TREATED ANOTHER ILLNESS 🩺
A Woman Developed Capgras While Her Thyroid Was Underactive
Doctors Gave Her Thyroid Hormone
Her Psychosis Resolved Rapidly
Psychosis From An Underactive Thyroid Was Once Called Myxedema Madness
Up To 15 Percent Of Patients With Thyroid Symptoms May Develop It
Very Few Capgras Cases Like Hers Have Been Reported
An 87 Year Old Man Developed Capgras During A Long Seizure
It Was The Kind Of Seizure That Causes No Convulsions
He Also Stopped Paying Attention To One Side Of Space
Once His Seizures Were Treated Both Problems Resolved
Another Case Improved After A Change Of Drug
One Woman Had Capgras Episodes Alongside Long Term Psychosis
Standard Antipsychotic Drugs Had Not Helped Her
Doctors Tried A Different Drug Called Clorazepate
Her Psychotic Symptoms Went Into Complete Remission
It Was The First Time In 19 Years
When She Stopped Taking It The Symptoms Came Back
Each Of These Is A Single Case Report
None Of Them Shows How Often Treatment Works
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THE DELUSION THAT ENDED ON ITS OWN ❓
A Man With Lewy Body Dementia Believed His Wife Had Been Replaced
They Had Been Married For Over 50 Years
He Said Several Similar Looking Impostors Had Taken Her Place
Unusually He Was Friendly Toward The Impostors
The Authors Described That Reaction As Convivial
Later The Delusion Went Away On Its Own
It Ended At The Same Time His Dementia Got Worse
The Dementia Review Found A Wider Problem
Capgras In Dementia Is Not Diagnosed Or Treated In A Standard Way
Some Patients Did Well On Particular Drugs
Others Did Not Respond Or Got Worse
The Authors Concluded No Single Treatment Works For Everyone
They Called For Standard Diagnostic Criteria
Consistent Ways To Measure Outcomes Are Needed Too
They Said These Are Needed To Judge Which Treatments Work
Capgras Has Significant Negative Effects On These Patients
It Also Has Negative Effects On Their Carers
Earlier Research Had Linked Capgras To Aggression
