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Penelope Roques, PDSG
People with FTD may develop obsessions. This list highlights some of the ones we frequently hear about, but nobody develops them all!
| A | Alcohol: increase in consumption, hiding alcohol sometimes works. |
| B | Buying: anything and everything but particularly soft toys. |
| C | Children: talking to children can cause embarrassment. |
| D | Disinhibition: takes many forms, loss of social graces are common. |
| E | Eating: changes in taste often occur, sweet things being preferred. |
| H | Hoarding: refusing to throw anything away. |
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Hugging: sometimes anybody and everybody. |
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Humming: constantly humming, often on one note. The distraction of music, perhaps through headphones, sometimes helps. |
| F | Fiddling and touching everything around - a symptom called utilisation behaviour |
| G | Giggling: often for no reason or at inappropriate times |
| J | Jealousy: suspicion about anybody or everybody particularly the nearest, dearest and most helpful. |
| K | Kissing: sometimes anybody or everybody. |
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Kleptomania: acquiring things from shops, explaining the illness to local shops may help. |
| L | Licking: patients may put anything in their mouths, a symptom called hyperorality |
| M | Money: it may unaccountably disappear, Enduring Power of Attorney recommended. |
| P | Picking up: almost anything but particularly little bits on carpets. |
| Q | Quantities: counting objects, arranging things in patterns or having to do a task a certain number of times. |
| R | Religion: over and above previous interest. |
| S | Sex: some very sad changes often occur in sexual habits. |
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Switches: obsessively switching things off, even the fridge. |
| T | Time: strict adherence to routines, eating, walking, sleeping etc. must be carried out at the designated time. |
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Tiredness: may insist in staying in bed or having fixed rest periods. |
| V | Vocalisations: clearing the throat, grunting or shouting repeatedly out for no reasons |
| W | Walking: long walks, often the same route at the same time of day |
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Wordbooks: constantly reading and repeating words from the book |
| ZZZ | Sleeping: often spending long periods in bed. |