Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-35711173-20181225051046/@comment-9041013-20181231074131

DrBobSmith wrote: BloodySpghetti wrote: Well you started off good and then wandered into bizzaro land. First, we don't know what brings about the prion misfolding that leads to AD, but it seems that people with family history of the disease tend to develop it as well. So no need for a fictional disease.

Also, the first striking sign of AD is actually the loss of the ability to smell.

I liked the previous version of this more. Bloody Spaghetti,

Thank you for your feedback. The disease isn't fictional, but I am going to eliminate mentioning it. The fear and horror of it is the important thing.

I thought I'd removed all three references to smelling, but obviously I didn't. Your finding them is very much appreciated.

I like the sound of Fatal Familial Insomnia. There's got to be a great Pasta in there, or even a horror movie of someone trying to make someone think that they have it by keeping them wired.

Dr. Bob You can keep the references to smell, I'm going to take a bold bet and say the majority of people won't see the connection (It's not common knowledge really).

I for one did not know they differentiate between a single case of AD in a family and hereditary cases, especially since we aren't exactly sure what causes it.

FFI story would be like the realistic case of Russian Sleep Experiment, given that at a certain point the affected is completely eaten away by their dementia. I'm surprised no one made a story out of that, or rabies for that matter.