Hello,
My mum is 70 and we believe has LBD. She is having a DAT Scan tomorrow, which we think will confirm a diagnosis of LBD. It still doesn't seem real.
We are trying to focus on getting my mum better than she is at the moment, rather than wandering to think about the longer term.
But I'll stop waffling. She is very anxious about the scan and her confusion has increased markedly over the course of the last week. She's been talking about 'the other Steve' a lot over the last weeks but it's got much, much worse of late.
I believe the Dr will put my mum of Ravastigmine for her general cognition deficit but, now she is displaying Capgras syndrome symptoms quite clearly, what do you think he will suggest to deal with the delusion? And I say delusion as it's the same thing every time. Can these cholinesterase inhibitors help with Capgras?
Any experiences/thoughts really welcome. The family is pulling together but this is so very hard on my dad.
Thanks, Simon.
My mum is 70 and we believe has LBD. She is having a DAT Scan tomorrow, which we think will confirm a diagnosis of LBD. It still doesn't seem real.
We are trying to focus on getting my mum better than she is at the moment, rather than wandering to think about the longer term.
But I'll stop waffling. She is very anxious about the scan and her confusion has increased markedly over the course of the last week. She's been talking about 'the other Steve' a lot over the last weeks but it's got much, much worse of late.
I believe the Dr will put my mum of Ravastigmine for her general cognition deficit but, now she is displaying Capgras syndrome symptoms quite clearly, what do you think he will suggest to deal with the delusion? And I say delusion as it's the same thing every time. Can these cholinesterase inhibitors help with Capgras?
Any experiences/thoughts really welcome. The family is pulling together but this is so very hard on my dad.
Thanks, Simon.