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Has Anyone Experienced Vivid, Scary Dreams While Using Seraquel?
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keep in mind with Seroquel and any other drug everyone reacts differently to it. Talk to your doctor about the dreams or hallucinations especially if they are frightening and appear real to your… read more

Good Morning To All The Loving Caregivers! Has Anyone Had Medical Marijuana Prescribed To Their Loved One Who Is Battling This Disease?
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I am asking this question because my mom has very extreme anxiety, depression, and paronia. She has been on Airicept, Namenda, different antidepressants, Seroquel. Nothing is working to help ease any of these horrific symptoms. She is in a nursing home. She has been for the last 5 months. Mom can not live alone and she tried living with one of my sisters. Mom's extreme paronia, mixed with delusions, and her not feeling safe. Absolutely THE hardest decision my family had to make. Any suggestions… read more

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The SNF where my mother lives dies not think CBD Oil or Cannabis are appropriate in the facility setting. Non of the drugs they have prescribed have helped my mother's anxiety, depression… read more

Hints To Handle Sundowning?
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Last night, for the first time my husband was sundowning and it was alarming! Need help in calming him down or something to distract him. He tells everyone he is not interested in anything! Period!

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I am giving my mum 1/2 a Xanax .25 mg every morning now. Then again in the evening about dinner time. I have to dissolve it in her hot tea as she won't take it otherwise. That seems to keep her from… read more

Late Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Moderate Stages With Behavioral Disturbance And A Frontotemporal Component
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— he is on aricept and Lexapro and alprazolam PRN and now they are prescribing him depakote 250mg 1x daily extended release —- he is in a memory care respite stay right now and he’s been deemed incompetent — is there another medication that may better help him calm his mind down consistently — not just “mood stabilizers”? Or has this medication worked for your loved ones?

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They are giving him one a day for 7 Days and then (if all goes well) upping it to 25mg twice daily moving forward

My Husband Often Wakes Me Up At Night. I Give Him Extended Release Melatonin.bit Worked Great For Awhile. Now What Can I Do?
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I had similar problem with my wife. Waking me up multiple times in the night hallucinating that someone was on the deck trying to get in the house. Doctor prescribed 1/2 mg Xanax at bedtime. That… read more

Psychologists
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Can talk therapy with a psychologist penetrate dementia? Has anyone used a psychologist or psychiatrist to help the dementia patient with anxiety, thought delusions and the other dementia bag-of-tricks?

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When my husband gets teary at night like clockwork I take him to bed. I tell him he’s safe. I ask why he’s crying but he doesn’t know. I give him the seroquel and tell him he’s safe and was a… read more

Indications For Seroquel?
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My Dad Is Sundowning During The Day. He Believes That His Wife Is The One Doing This To Him. A "voodoo Spell ".
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She basically just leaves him be because he becomes agitated and angry. He's not violent YET. He's very stubborn. Has refused medication, doctors visits. (They just want to take his money ). I'm looking for those of you that have this problem and any ideas on how to handle it.

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Check and see if you can get the medication in liquid form. It's easier to put in their drink.

Seroquel For Dementia
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Hi everyone:

My mother (89, with moderate dementia) was not doing well on Xanax for sundowning and related anxiety, The doctor thought it might be contributing to some of her symptoms. He prescribed 12.5 mg of Seroquel (Quetiapine Fumarate) to be taken once in the evening and stopping the Xanax. Looking at the Medication Insert, I see that a serious side effect is "the risk of death in the elderly with dementia" and "risk of suicidal thoughts," and "not indicated for elderly patients with… read more

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My husbands doctor gave him the same thing but I didn’t give it to him because of the warnings. She won’t give him Xanax either because of the side effects it has on dementia patients. He is on… read more

How, What, Do You Do With Physical Aggression From The Alzheimer's Patient?
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Is there a medication that any one has used for this problem that has been successful in lessen the physical aggression?

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Sundowning and Alzheimer’s: 8 Facts for Caregivers To Know Read Article...
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My hubby takes Mementine which has greatly reduced his anger, but he needs more cos sometimes he can't stop being angry at times. He also takes Lexapro which reduces his anxiety. The doc prescribes… read more