Thank you to all who kindly welcomed me.
To Barry in particular:- 8 years on Aricept,wow! amazing.If it works for you then I wish you well,especially on potentially increasing to the higher dosage. Good luck.
With reference to my own situation, I gave it a fair trial, increasing from 5mg to 10mg after 6 weeks, even although I had not been happy with the lower dosage's side effects.
I considered at length with my Doctor, the alternative other medication which I could have had prescribed.However after my bad experience I was not prepared to trial any others.My situation was complicated with regular medication required for my other ailments,some of which was thought not to be compatible.
I prefer to take an alternative approach to dealing with my AD. As I alluded to above, I also suffer from several other debilitating illness's which affects both my mobility and general quality of life. However I shall remain as positive as I can,for as long as I can and refuse to sink into the depths of depression.With the help of my simple pleasures.
I sit and smoke my pipe in the garden because I love to; because I love that environment , which is invariably beautiful, particularly on a warm sunny day and hate the environment where crowds of people are found, which are invariably always ugly;
Because of all the sport, television competitions, parties, and assorted social posturing, I thus escape; because, in a world where most men seem to spend their lives doing things they hate. My contemplation is at once an endless source of delight and an act of small rebellion; because Chickens, Flowers,Bugs and animals do not lie or cheat and cannot be bought or bribed or impressed by power, but respond only to the quiet,kindness, humility and endless patience; because I suspect that I am going along this way for the last time, and I do not want to waste the trip.
Because mercifully there are no bloody telephones ; because only in the garden can I find solitude without loneliness; because Wine out of a glass always tastes better out there; because maybe one day I will see something wonderful, like my smiling wife and sons; and, finally, not because I regard contemplation and smoking my pipe as being so terribly important, but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns of men are equally unimportant - and not nearly so much fun.
PS.I am well aware of the health risks of my simple pleasures,so please no preaching.