| 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. |
|
Hugging:
sometimes anybody and everybody. |
|
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. |
|
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. |
|
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. |
|
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 |
|
Wordbooks:
constantly reading and repeating words from the book |
| ZZZ |
Sleeping:
often spending long periods in bed. |
