alzheimer's/dementia

**DJ Ms. White** · 10-07-11, 01:20 AM

It's really the best thing for the serious cases. She'll get the meds and therapy she needs to make her last few years easier.

**moving-target** · 10-07-11, 01:23 AM

shes not completly gone shes herself bout 80% of the time its just been this past week it happend and usally at night

**DJ Ms. White** · 10-07-11, 01:32 AM

I can't remember the slang for what it's called, but people with your mother's condition tend to freak out when it gets dark. I don't think science has an explanation yet. She really needs somebody to watch her then as she will be a danger to herself and potentially others.

**moving-target** · 10-07-11, 01:35 AM

its called sun downers

**thr3kvya** · 10-07-11, 03:11 PM

We are covering this in nursing right now. It is usually more difficult at night as it is usually quieter, less people interaction, and darkness makes it harder for us to instantly recall where we are.

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**moving-target** · 06-07-12, 03:49 PM

oy fucking getting to the point where i'm gonna have no choice but to have her commited or whatever it is its called shes getting out of control and violent FML

**DJ Ms. White** · 06-07-12, 11:23 PM

If she's getting violent, it might be time. I'm sorry that it's time, however, if your safety or hers is an issue...you got to do what you got to do. I'm really sorry, Moving. You've been a good son from what I can tell.

**DuDDy** · 06-07-12, 11:40 PM

my grandma is diagnosed with alzheimer as well. i know oh to well what your going through. she was fine for about 6 months after diagnosis then slowly started to lose her mind. she came over to my parents house for thanksgiving one year, she thought it was easter and didnt know the house she was in and didnt know me or my brothers. it was really hard having to explain to her that I was her grandson after she asked me who i was. shes in a home now and being taken care of professionally. of her 7 children she had in her life she only knows/remembers 3 of them. of the 15+ grandkids she only remembers a few of us. this disease is no joke and is very scary just the the thought that some day i may be a victim to it as well.

**Xavsnipe** · 06-07-12, 11:43 PM

Have you heard of Dementia with Lewy Bodies? Look it up. It is important that your mom is diagnosed correctly, otherwise the treatment she gets might not be the appropriate one. I know about this because my father suffers from essential tremor and was misdiagnosed by a doctor in Miami. The medication he was taking was depressing him, he had insomnia and difficulty going to the bathroom...obviously his mood during the day changed and affected him in every aspect (work and family). He went to the mayo clinic and they conducted lots of exams for weeks, in the meantime slowly getting him off of the meds he was taking (can´t remove it the next day, has to be gradual). Now he´s getting the meds he needs after been correctly diagnosed and he´s a trillion times better. I know essential tremor or even parkinson´s is not the same as having Alzheimer´s or Lewy Bodies, but it is still important for your mother to be correctly diagnosed in order to give her the best quality of life she can even with this terrible disease.

**moving-target** · 06-07-12, 11:49 PM

yeah trying to get her to the right doctors a geriatric psycholgiost for 1 that her primary recomended her to but outa the 2 her doctor recommended they dont take medicare hooray usa right ? so now i'm searching for one that does and as far as 1 doc said its micro vascular dementia meaning some blood vessles in the brain have become calcified and she doesnt get enough blood