I’m sorry catdans, if your husband denies his diagnosis. My husband has also just been diagnosed with LBD. But he’s acknowledged it, and has anyway been on medication for dementia for a year.
I’ve no idea if the medication you’ve been given will make him more aware and upset. My husband was reluctant to start his medication, but it definitely helped the dementia symptoms. When he finally received his diagnosis for LBD, we both felt different. Everything is the same, but everything is different. The diagnosis has had quite a big impact on us both. He now uses a stick all the time, and has admitted it makes him feel safer walking. But it also means he can’t walk the dog. That may seem a little thing, but he loved pottering about with the dog. He couldn’t juggle both dog and stick.
He definitely admits to more symptoms since the diagnosis, some of which are upsetting to me. But I stress, it’s nothing to do with the medication which has improved his cognitive ability, it’s the diagnosis.
I doubt this is of any use to you, except to express sympathy and understanding with your predicament.