Early signs of frontotemporal dementia may involve the following symptoms:
•Apathy or an unwillingness to talk
•Change in personality and mood, such as depression
•Lack of inhibition or lack of social tact
•Obsessive or repetitive behavior, such as compulsively shaving or collecting items
•Unusual verbal, physical or sexual behavior
•Weight gain due to dramatic overeating (Read more about FTD and binge eating


Language problems are less common but do occur in the early stages of FTD before other thought processes, such as memory, are affected.
Patients may experience difficulty speaking or finding the correct word when naming objects. Difficulties reading and writing then develop