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Causes of Personality change

This section discusses 222 medical conditions causing Personality change. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Personality change:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Personality change. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Personality change:

The following list of conditions have 'Personality change' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Achromatopsia ... personality changes
  • ACTH Deficiency ... psychosis
  • Addison's Disease ... reduced tolerance to emotional stress
  • Adhesive abuse ... personality changes
  • Adhesive addiction ... personality changes
  • Adrenal adenoma, familial ... personality changes
  • Adrenal Cancer ... personality changes
  • Adrenal Cortex Diseases ... reduced tolerance to emotional stress
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms ... personality changes
  • Adrenal gland hyperfunction ... personality changes
  • Adrenal gland hypofunction ... reduced tolerance to emotional stress
  • Adrenal incidentaloma ... personality changes
  • Adrenocortical carcinoma ... personality changes
  • Adverse reaction to chemical - 1-Propanol ... personality changes
  • Aerosol abuse ... personality changes
  • Aerosol addiction ... personality changes
  • African Sleeping sickness ... personality changes
  • Aguecheek disease ... personality changes
  • Alzheimer disease 10 ... personality changes, Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease 12 ... personality changes, Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease 13 ... personality changes, Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease 14 ... personality changes, Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease 15 ... personality changes, Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease 16 ... Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease 2, late-onset ... Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease 3, (early-onset Alzheimer disease) ... Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease 5 ... personality changes, Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease 6 ... personality changes, Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease 7 ... personality changes, Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease 8 ... personality changes, Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease 9 ... personality changes, Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease type 1 ... personality changes
  • Alzheimer disease type 2 ... personality changes
  • Alzheimer disease type 4 ... personality changes
  • Alzheimer disease, early-onset, with cerebral amyloid angiopathy ... Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease, familial ... personality changes
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 1 ... personality changes, Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 11 ... Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and apraxia ... Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and unusual plaques ... Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 4 ... Personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, type 3 ... personality changes
  • Alzheimer's Disease ... personality disintegration
  • Alzheimer's disease without Neurofibrillary tangles ... personality changes
  • Amphetamine withdrawal ... psychosis
  • Astrocytoma ... personality change
  • Autoimmune limbic encephalitis ... personality change

    B

  • Batten Disease ... personality changes
  • Biliary cirrhosis ... personality changes
  • Bing-Neel syndrome ... personality changes
  • Bipolar disorder ... psychosis
  • Brain cancer ... personality changes
  • Brain Concussion ... personality changes
  • Brain tumor, adult ... personality changes
  • Bristowe's syndrome ... personality changes

    C

  • Calcification of basal ganglia with or without hypocalcemia ... psychosis, personality changes
  • Cathinone poisoning ... psychosis
  • Central nervous system lymphoma, primary ... personality changes
  • Central nervous system oxygen toxicity ... personality changes
  • Central nervous system protozoal infections ... personality changes
  • Cerebral astrocytoma, adult ... personality changes
  • Cerebral sarcoma ... personality changes
  • Cerebral ventricle neoplasm ... personality changes
  • Cerebrovascular accident ... personality change
  • Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 4 ... personality change
  • Chemical poisoning - Azinphos-methyl ... personality changes
  • Chemical poisoning - Bromethalin ... personality changes
  • Chemical poisoning - Carbon Disulfide ... psychosis
  • Chemical poisoning - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide ... psychosis
  • Chemical poisoning - Manganese ... psychosis
  • Choreoacanthocytosis amyotrophic ... psychosis
  • Cirrhosis of the liver ... personality changes
  • Claviceps purpurea poisoning ... psychosis
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ... personality changes
  • Cryptococcal Meningitis ... personality changes
  • Crystal meth addiction ... psychosis, personality changes

    D

  • Dementia ... personality changes
  • Dialysis encephalopathy syndrome ... personality changes
  • Dissociative disorder ... Personality change
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder ... personality change
  • Dobriner syndrome ... psychosis
  • Down's Syndrome associated Alzheimer's disease ... Personality disintegration

    E

  • Early-onset Alzheimer's ... Personality disintegration
  • East African Trypanosomiasis ... personality changes
  • Ecstasy withdrawal ... psychosis
  • Encephalitis ... personality changes
  • Ependymoma ... personality changes

    F

  • Fabry's Disease ... personality change
  • Familial Forms of Alzheimer's Disease ... Personality disintegration
  • Fronto-temporal dementia and Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17) ... personality changes
  • Frontotemporal dementia, ubiquitin-positive ... personality changes
  • Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor ... personality changes

    G

  • Ganglioglioma ... personality changes
  • Glioblastoma ... personality change
  • Glioma ... personality changes
  • Gliomatosis cerebri ... personality changes
  • Gliosarcoma ... personality changes
  • Gräsbeck-Imerslund disease ... personality changes

    H

  • Hawaiian Baby Woodrose poisoning ... psychosis
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Wormwood ... psychosis
  • Heroin dependence ... personality changes
  • Herpes simplex encephalitis ... personality changes
  • Huntington's Disease ... personality changes
  • Hydrocephalus ... personality changes
  • Hydrocephalus - costovertebral dysplasia - Sprengel anomaly ... psychosis
  • Hydrocephalus - Skeletal Anomalies - Mental Disturbance ... psychosis
  • Hyperadrenalism ... personality changes
  • Hyperoxia ... personality changes
  • Hyperparathyroidism, primary ... personality changes
  • Hypoadrenalism ... reduced tolerance to emotional stress
  • Hypoadrenocorticism - hypoparathyroidism - moniliasis ... reduced tolerance to emotional stress

    I

  • Imerslünd-Grasbeck Syndrome ... personality changes
  • Infectious meningitis ... personality changes
  • Inhalant abuse ... personality changes
  • Inhalant addiction ... personality changes
  • Insulinoma ... personality changes

    J

  • Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma ... personality changes

    K

  • Korsakoff's psychosis ... personality changes

    L

  • Late-onset Alzheimer's ... Personality disintegration
  • Lead poisoning ... personality changes
  • Limbic encephalitis ... personality change
  • Lupus ... personality changes

    M

  • Malignant astrocytoma ... personality changes
  • Marijuana abuse ... psychosis
  • Marijuana addiction ... psychosis, personality changes
  • Medulloblastoma ... personality changes
  • Megaloblastic Anemia 1 ... personality changes
  • Melanoma - astrocytoma syndrome ... personality changes
  • Meningioma ... personality changes
  • Mental retardation psychosis macroorchidism ... psychosis
  • Mental retardation X-linked - psychosis - macroorchidism ... psychosis
  • Mescal poisoning ... psychosis
  • Metastatic insulinoma ... personality changes
  • Metastatic nervous system cancer ... Personality changes
  • Methylmalonic acidemia, synthesis defect of AdoCbl and MeCbl ... psychosis
  • MN1 ... personality changes
  • Mood disorders ... Personality Change

    N

  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder ... Personality change
  • Neuroectodermal tumor, primitive ... personality changes
  • Neurosyphilis ... personality change
  • Neurosyphilis - general paresis ... personality changes
  • Norrie syndrome ... psychosis
  • Nutritional deficiency ... Psychosis
  • Nymphomania ... personality change
  • Nyssen-Van Bogaert syndrome ... personality changes

    O

  • Opioid addiction ... personality changes
  • Opium addiction ... personality changes
  • Organic personality syndrome ... personality changes
  • Oxycontin addiction ... personality changes

    P

  • Pain killer addiction ... personality changes
  • Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis ... personality change
  • Pernicious anemia ... personality changes
  • Polyarteritis nodosa ... personality change
  • Porphyria ... personality changes
  • Prescribed medication addiction ... personality changes
  • Primary Hyperaldosteronism ... personality changes
  • Prion disease ... personality changes
  • Prion diseases ... personality changes
  • Psychosis ... personality changes
  • Psychotic disorders ... psychosis

    R

  • Radiation induced meningioma ... personality changes
  • Reye's Syndrome ... personality changes
  • Right parietal lobe syndrome related Alzheimer's disease ... Personality disintegration

    S

  • Schilder's Disease ... personality changes
  • Schizoaffective disorder ... Psychosis
  • Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis ... personality changes
  • Selective Vitamin B12 malabsorption with Proteinuria ... personality changes
  • Sjögren syndrome, secondary ... psychosis
  • Sleeping pill addiction ... personality changes
  • Solvent abuse ... personality changes
  • Solvent addiction ... personality changes
  • Spongiform encephalopathy ... personality changes
  • St. Anthony's fire ... psychosis

    T

  • Toxic mushrooms - Anticholinergic ... psychosis
  • Toxic mushrooms - Psychedelic ... psychosis
  • Tranquilizer addiction ... personality changes
  • Transthyretin amyloidosis ... psychosis
  • Traumatic Brain Injury ... personality changes

    V

  • Vitamin B12 Deficiency ... psychosis

    W

  • Waaler Aarskog syndrome ... psychosis
  • Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome ... personality changes
  • West African Trypanosomiasis ... personality changes
  • Wilson's Disease ... psychosis, abrupt personality change, personality changes

    Y

  • Young McKeever Squier syndrome ... Personality change

    Conditions listing medical complications: Personality change:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Personality change' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Alzheimer's Disease ... personality disintegration
  • Amphetamine abuse ... psychosis
  • Anoxia ... personality regression
  • Asperger syndrome ... psychosis
  • Autism ... psychosis

    B

  • Bipolar disorder ... psychosis

    C

  • Cirrhosis of the liver ... personality changes
  • Cocaine addiction ... psychosis
  • Crack addiction ... psychosis

    D

  • Dementia ... personality problems

    E

  • Ecstasy addiction ... psychosis

    M

  • Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ... Personality change

    N

  • Narcotic addiction ... psychosis

    More Information About Personality change

    List of 222 causes of Personality change

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Personality change in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Personality change

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Personality change as a side effect.

    • Chloroquine Phosphate
    • Aralen Phosphate
    • Chloroquine and Primaquine
    • Aralen Phosphate with Primaquine Phosphate
    • Mysoline
    [See detailed list of 45 drug side effect causes of Personality change]

    Drug interaction causes of Personality change:

    Drug interactions may be a possible cause of Personality change.

    • Bumex (Bumetanide) and Lanoxin (Digoxin) interaction
    • Diachlor (Chlorothiazide) and Lanoxin (Digoxin) interaction
    • Diuril (Chlorothiazide) and Lanoxin (Digoxin) interaction
    • Diucardin (Hydroflumethiazide) and Lanoxin (Digoxin) interaction
    • Saluron (Hydroflumethiazide) and Lanoxin (Digoxin) interaction
    [See detailed list of 12 drug interaction causes of Personality change]

    Medical Textbooks about Personality change

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Personality change. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Personality change (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • ANXIETY
    • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
    • Anxiety
    • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
    • Agitation
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • Anxiety
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • Agitation
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Anxiety
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Anxiety
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
    • Anxiety
    • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
    • Agitation
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • Anxiety
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • Agitation
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
    • Anxiety
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
     

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