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No, The Chair and Bazile, they haven't moved next door - she thinks they have because she can hear them talking! I suggested she move back to her house since their landlord whom she trusts told her himself they have gone. Her logic/reasoning abilities are still working. But when I confront her with inconsistencies in what, I am sure, seems very real to her, she goes quiet and won't answer. There is a gap between her logic and the scenario her brain is creating, but she does not seem able to reject the latter. I may be making things worse by highlighting how unlikely it is her former neighbours would ave moved as soon as she did -so now she thinks they are part of the mafia and they are waiting for her in a black Mercedes parked outside and there are other waiting in her road - i.e. her brain as extended the imaginary story to deal with the gaps I highlighted. Bednobs answer is most helpful. We will continue and maybe they will work - and I will stop trying to rationalise things with her since that might make things worse. U.T.I was ruled out with blood test at start. I also think her Eustachean tube, tympanum and nasopharyngeal fluid with pressure problems in inner ear might be making physical noises in her head - which her brain is constructing into speech. She has runny nose, ears feel blocked and acid reflux - all caused by n/ph fluid leaking down eustachean tube into nose/throat. I keep suggesting she see an otologist - but her GP is woeful and my wife and MiL are not pursuing this 'diagnosis' - actually a complete guess based on a YouTube video. Can anyone either support my ear-problem idea or dismiss it please?