Hi my dad has VD, he was diagnosed around 3.5 years. He's on a small dose of Risperidone which keeps him 'calm'. He has good days and bad days. He's become less and less active in the past few months, with no interest in doing anything or seeing anybody. Which is such a shame since he ran his own business and was very very active. He knows who we all are, although his conversations are on a loop, and the constant need to ask questions is exhausting for my poor mum. For the last couple of months he isn't really sleeping during the night, which consequently means neither is my mum. She's not in the greatest of health herself, and in the past few weeks she just looks so beaten down with his constant demands and lack of sleep. We try to coax dad out for a drive, or visit to a garden centre just to give her a break where she can nap without him waking her up to check she's ok! But he will not got anywhere without her, and if we force it, he digs his heels in and his mood changes. Unfortunately, like so many people with this horrible horrible illness, he has no idea there is anything wrong - and he can't remember the unsettled night times so thinks mum is just wanting attention when she says she's tired. I have booked him in with his consultant for a review of his meds to see if there's anything that might help. Does anyone know whether this is a phase that may pass? Even though my dad is the one with the illness, I am also so concerned for my poor mum's health too. They're both 75. Thanks for listening x