My wife has been giagnosed with early dementia and is taking exelon.
She sleeps over 16 hours a day and I am wondering is this is related to the meds.

My mom moved in with us 2 1/2 years ago. She brought along her two cars which are 13+ years old. She came to me last night saying “look who I found” she was holding the older cat and she said she has no idea how the cat found her but that the second she saw her little bit immediately remembered her. Then she went on to say that little bit and Julius didn’t fight when they were introduced and that Julius gave little bit a bath and welcomed her with no hissing etc.”

When we went to lunch today… read more

I wanted to share this with you. My mom is forgetful but no other signs of cognitive difficulties. But the doctor still recommended Donepezil. We tried a low dose for almost 3 months. During that time, Mom had some nightmares but also so very vivid dreams. Even though they weren't scary, she would wake from them and it could take a few hours before she totally recovered and understood they were truly dreams.

The doctor told us this was most likely advancement of dementia and recommended… read more

My mums limbs twitch and jump when she is dosing during the day.

we are not able to watch the TV in the afternoon and evenings as mum sees what is on as real life and happening in our home and she gets very agitated and aggressive.
Does anyone else experience anything like this.

My spouse often acts like a toddler, when I say "no don't do that" he pouts. He picks his nose and then puts his finger in his mouth, and when inside our home he asks if he can pee in the backyard, how can I say something that won't be so harsh that it has me sound like a Mom saying no, that's gross? Plus I'm pretty negative when he does pout.

Husband has night terrors six out of seven nights every week. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s April 1 but night terrors have been going on a few years before but just getting more frequent and worse. He sees people or things during an episode.