seeing things which are not there

[suzieq2]

Hi my first time on here my mum has been saying she can see people sitting in the chair but its her mum and sister who are no longer here is this common

[SWMBO1950]

Hallucinations are not uncommon. Is she on mediation? This sometimes does it.

Please have a word with her GP for more advice.

Best Wishes

Hi my first time on here my mum has been saying she can see people sitting in the chair but its her mum and sister who are no longer here is this common

[suzieq2]

Hallucinations are not uncommon. Is she on mediation? This sometimes does it.

Please have a word with her GP for more advice.

Best Wishes

not for alzheimers we decided against it. Thanks for advice will let u know how i get on

[SWMBO1950]

Even if not on medication hallucinations can still be present. The GP should be able to help with this.

best Wishes

not for alzheimers we decided against it. Thanks for advice will let u know how i get on

[Grannie G]

My husband wasn`t on Alzheimer`s medication and he was often seeing people in the house, sitting in his chair and in other rooms.

[Dazmum]

My dad did too, sometimes he was convinced that my mum had been there, while she was at home with me, or that there were complete strangers. He didn't have AD, but was on other medication.

[choccy]

My Dad with VasD hallucinates, less now he is living in the care home, but whilst at home he had frightening hallucinations which he often acted out on. The consultant tried some med's which helped for a while, he's now on the lowest dose and only hallucinates absent family there days. Although, he did think Clint Eastwood was driving the coach on a trip to Blackpool last year

[rajahh]

My husban5d has hallucination`s too and is not on medication=.

He sees soldiers in the room, and parading outside, he is convinced there are at least 3 other people living in the b5ungalow with us,

He is not particularly worried by th8ese visions so I just accept them.

I did go to GP about them when` he had threatened to have a go at t8he woman in th6e b`ed n5ext to his ( I+ was worried he would do it in the middle of th6e night when I was actually there)

He arranged a consult with h6ead of Mental Health Unit at local hospital who virtually dismissed it, and as we once again said no to Aricept my husband was discharged with no follow ups.

I^ just live with it now.

Jeannett-e

[tre]

This seems to be quite common as I have spoken to several people at our support group who experience this. One chap did not seem to be bothered by his people but said they were always there sitting in his sitting room. He told me that when he and his wife went on holiday the people did not come with him but once they returned home they were back. He was quite jolly when he told me that they did not come upstairs but he only saw them in the sitting room.
The clinical psychologist said that improving the lighting level at home and small changes to the colour scheme might help. The psychologist then told us a story about a lady in a care home who he was called out to see because of her strange behaviour. When he went into her room he saw many holes in the wall at waist height where the plaster had been damaged. On talking to her he found out that she was seeing hallucinations of people in her room but she had found if she gave them a hard prod with her walking stick they disappeared. Thankfully she had not prodded any real people but had made holes in the plaster. When on his suggestion the walls of the room were repainted a different colour and the lighting level improved the problem was solved.
Tre