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Larkspur, CO

I was taking care of my Dad for the weekend and he knocked on my door and came in with NO clothes on! (I have NEVER seen my dad naked in 63 years!) Then told me that he was having a hard time having sex and would I help him! So I told him NO firmly and told him to get out and go to bed! Which he did. I told my step mom when she got home Sunday and that night he tried to cuddle up with her and touching her breasts and she told him to go to sleep which he did. Then she asked him about it the next… read more

October 16, 2023
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A myALZteam Member

My husband has frontotemporal dementia with behavioral variant, and hypersexuality is his most disturbing symptom. He makes highly inappropriate sexual comments to both staff and residents in his long term care facility. He was put on estrogen, which helped tremendously. When estrogen was discontinued, his hypersexuality returned. Now he is back on estrogen. The staff is trained to deal with this issue, but he made a nasty comment to another resident who understood what he was saying. In my mind, that is totally unacceptable, and I insisted that he resume the estrogen. I don’t want his behavior to determine his placement elsewhere, in all likelihood a psychiatric facility. For the most part, I have relinquished his care to the staff, but I did intervene with this issue.

October 18, 2023
A myALZteam Member

Yes, this can be a part of dementia. Others have had to deal with issues of hypersexuality. There are meds to help with it. Talk to his doctor about it. Wishing you the best.

October 17, 2023

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