A family member over 70 clearly has issues that are going untreated. Here are some behaviors that I consider symptoms.

- talks nonstop in a stream of conscious manner to self.

- comments on anything said in earshot and will talk to self on that subject until the next distraction comes up.

- gets extremely angry when contradicted. Will never admit fault. Appears to genuinely not remember times when wrong… for example… might vehemently argue that taking photos with their own device is a waste of time due to the camera not being good, then one hour later will look at those photos commenting on how good they are and wonder why they hadn’t taken more.

- Doesn’t notice when questions asked in the stream of conscious chatter go ignored by people around.

- Stream of conscious comments often repeat the same ideas multiple times throughout the day.

- If engaged will argue for hours. Example, will frequently talk to customer support reps arguing for 2-3 hours about issues that most people could resolve on their own in 10 minutes… like getting a return shipping label for a product.

That’s what I’ve got. I’m no mental health expert but I’m quite convinced this is more that just being unpleasant.

A relative says a sibling has Schizoaffective disorder and this might be the same.

How do you get done treatment if they won’t recognize they have an issue though?