My husband has just a his diagnosis from the Memory Clinic and has been prescribed Donepezil for vascular dementia.
I gave him the first tablet on Sunday evening and on Monday afternoon he was raving about his gloves being evil & he had to cover them up to save us. When I phone the GP and asked him to come out all he said was he didn't know what he could do and just left me with it.
Since then I have given him one more tablet and the same thing happened the next day, the Memory Clinic just said to not give him any more & they would come back to me.
Since then these 'episodes' are becoming a daily feature and include trying to disconnect the DVD player, crying and shaking and the only reply I get when I ask for help is ' call 999'.
I am at my wits end, do the tablets have this effect? I just feel that this is the start of an awful journey.
Please help
I gave him the first tablet on Sunday evening and on Monday afternoon he was raving about his gloves being evil & he had to cover them up to save us. When I phone the GP and asked him to come out all he said was he didn't know what he could do and just left me with it.
Since then I have given him one more tablet and the same thing happened the next day, the Memory Clinic just said to not give him any more & they would come back to me.
Since then these 'episodes' are becoming a daily feature and include trying to disconnect the DVD player, crying and shaking and the only reply I get when I ask for help is ' call 999'.
I am at my wits end, do the tablets have this effect? I just feel that this is the start of an awful journey.
Please help