My father has been prescribed Ambien for his active wakeful nights. He walks around the house and keeps the family up asking questions. The Ambien only seems to work a few short three hours. I fear this drug is just inappropriate for someone who wakes in a state of confusion and only seems to cause more confusion after a 3 to 4 hour power nap. Anyone else?
My husband is on xanax. he has tried several drugs for alzheimers and he has reacted badly to all including trazadone. The xanax has been the only drug that seems to help even a little. He is on the… read more
Thank you Valerie... my thoughts are with you as well.
Take care of yourself, best you can...
My Mom has always been dominating and in command, very opinionated, more negative now, insulting (and says why do you always take it that way), how can I just let it go. Trying so hard realizing you cannot rationalize, or even have a constructive conversation at times.
Trazadone really helped Frankie with anxiety and also falling asleep.
Has anyone experienced the above question with your spouse or parents? Lately, my husband, while lying down for the night, starts talking non stop. He doesn’t make any sense. We have been awake since 1 am. It is so draining ! We went to see his doctor who prescribed Trazodone half mg plus Melatonin.
Those episodes are new and leaves me drained.
I would appreciate any feedback. Thank you so much! Please, pray for us . We need to sleep.
Melatonin helped my husband.
Walking means shuffling feet, memory loss while doing something, not sleeping well, but the worst is the mood swings! It’s like he’s bi polar. Some days are fine, others horrible! I know he could become violent, his frustration is so bad when things go wrong for him. I just walk away, and try to continue as normal. These moods can last up to three days, and then all is okay again. Am I alone with this experience? Help please.
We have entered a new " easier " stage. We changed medicines a couple of times. Right now we are able to attend church and he isn't as frustrated! I'll take it!!! Thank you Lord
My husband was diagnosed 4 years ago and just before Christmas he has become increasingly confused and agitated as the daylight fades. Endlessly asking when he is going home etc etc. What is the best way to help him out and handle this please, Sue Arden
Sounds exactly what my dad does like in the middle of the night. I was thinking about giving him a something to sleep better that I take when I have problems sleeping. We have a doctors appts next… read more
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
Mom unusually woke this morning with extreme tiredness and confusion. As a reminder from an earlier post, mom broke her ankle and was placed in a cast this week, she is using a walker. She got up to use the restroom and I could hearing her mumbling about not having any toilet paper when there was actually plenty there. I went to check on her and she had fallen asleep with her head resting on her knees. It took strength to get her back in an upright position. She had very little strength and I… read more
A physical therapist can show you ways to move your mom that will be a lot easier talk to young mom's doc insurance will pay for a few visits it
My mother is in a memory care facility and has continuously continuously gotten urinary tract infections.. She is very mean when she is on them. But today when we went to take her to the urologist we found out she did not have one, but she was very angry and anxious and it took us an hour to get her out of the home and get her to the doctor. They told us that she even hits them when they try and get her to take a shower. It's very difficult to see her so anxious and agitated. It makes us sad… read more
I take melatonin to sleep
Just thought I'd let you all know that my husband was getting very depressed as his alzheimers is worsening. He was even saying he wanted to die and he's had enough of this world. His appetite had hit ground zero and he's very underweight anyway so that was a big concern. The doc got him on to citalopram 20mg once a day. Brilliant!!!! after a couple of weeks a huge change.... hes happy every day now and that makes the alzheimers much more managable. I totally recommend it. He's getting a… read more
My mother had good results for a few months but has now become extremely paranoid. She believes she is a government agent in the assisted living facility to protect someone. Amusing at first, but… read more