He's been doing this for a few weeks now. It started months ago with him getting stressed about not being able to get his trousers off in time when he wanted to go to the toilet. He stopped worrying about that, but now mum keeps finding him with no trousers on.
Sometimes it's at night - he gets up in the early hours, gets dressed in everything except his trousers and sits in an armchair reading.
During the day, he will undo his trousers and stand up so that they fall down round his ankles. This drives mum mad and they have arguments about it. She pulls them up and fastens them, he undoes them and the same thing happens again.
Yesterday, he went to the toilet (by himself for once!) Mum fell asleep and then woke up and he wasn't back in the living room yet. She panicked and went to the toilet. She knocked on the door and he came out with his trousers rolled up under his arm, giggling madly. She asked him what he'd been doing in the toilet for so long, but he said he'd only been in there a minute or so and he wouldn't put his trousers back on. She checked them to see if they were soiled, but they were fine.
It's all very mystifying. We don't know if there is some kind of recognised "dementia" reason behind this or if it is just the latest odd turning of his mind. Has anyone else had similar experiences?
LS
Sometimes it's at night - he gets up in the early hours, gets dressed in everything except his trousers and sits in an armchair reading.
During the day, he will undo his trousers and stand up so that they fall down round his ankles. This drives mum mad and they have arguments about it. She pulls them up and fastens them, he undoes them and the same thing happens again.
Yesterday, he went to the toilet (by himself for once!) Mum fell asleep and then woke up and he wasn't back in the living room yet. She panicked and went to the toilet. She knocked on the door and he came out with his trousers rolled up under his arm, giggling madly. She asked him what he'd been doing in the toilet for so long, but he said he'd only been in there a minute or so and he wouldn't put his trousers back on. She checked them to see if they were soiled, but they were fine.
It's all very mystifying. We don't know if there is some kind of recognised "dementia" reason behind this or if it is just the latest odd turning of his mind. Has anyone else had similar experiences?
LS