The symptoms developed after being under general anesthetic for an aneurysm stent surgery five years ago. He is on aricept 10 mg at night and mementine 10 mg twice a day. We have been active and walk 25-30 miles a week. Suddenly it is like a light switch was flipped. He is tired and sleeping more, up more at night, and always complains about shortness of breath. Had him to emergency twice within 7 days and all kinds of tests were run a heart Ultrasound done, nothing found. He did have heart… read more
Hi and welcome to this caring group where you can always find support and info. I'm a retired mental health RN and think your hubby would be less drowsy in daytime and sleep better at night if the quetiapine was given at approx. 3 pm and 9 pm with an "as needed dose" if he wakes after 2 am....you can call neurologist or your pharmacist re what I'm suggesting. Aricept can sometimes cause agitation if taken at night and can be switched to am but if hubby has been taking it for a long time it likely isn't a problem. It's likely that this sudden change is a fast drop to a more declined Alz stage as the neurologist is saying. Please fill out story portion of your Profile.