What illness makes people change their personality, won't bathe, change clothes. wash hair .Won't find a job.

Question

He doesn't seem to care if he lives or dies, eats or not. Everything he does do is erratic. He'll scrape a plate a thousand times. He touches things with just one finger, even petting a dog.

Answer 1

Mabye a stroke of some kind, sounds more like depression.
See if he has any of these other symptoms:

Depression is more than just the normal, temporary feelings of sadness and hopelessness associated with difficult life events. The symptoms of depression are often subtle at first. It can be hard to recognize that symptoms may be connected and that you might have depression. Common symptoms include:

Depressed mood.
Inability to enjoy activities.
Problems concentrating.
Changes in eating habits or appetite.
Weight gain or weight loss.
Changes in sleeping habits.
Difficulty going to work or taking care of your daily responsibilities because of a lack of energy.
Feelings of guilt and hopelessness; wondering if life is worth living (common).
Slowed thoughts and speech.
Preoccupation with thoughts of death or suicide.
Complaints that have no physical cause (somatic complaints) such as headache and stomachache.

Answer 2

Sounds like OCD.. Ritualistic behaviors are one of the biggest signs (scraping a plate a certain amount of times) But there are other things like depression or even schizophrenia (not eating, poor personal hygiene) so many mental disorders mimic these symptoms only a doctor can say for sure. Good Luck

Answer 3

Depression with a touch of ocd(obsessive compulsive disorder)
Alzheimers
Sounds like Howard Hughes. He was a rich billionaire who had sever OCD read the story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes

Answer 4

Sounds like baaaaad depression to me.

Answer 5

i'v heard strokes can do that sort of thing

Answer 6

depression, schizophrenia?

Answer 7

Drug addiction?