Hello, it's been a while since I used this forum,I suppose I should say a few words about why I'm on here at all.
My mother is 63 years old and has been symptomatic of alzheimers for about 5 maybe 6 years it's difficult to pinpoint exactly. She has been getting on with life reasonably well but recently she had a big deterioration in her well-being and memory including times when she has told the strangest of lies about people and has been quite paranoid about the window cleaner stealing her purse etc. It seems she hears things at night now, has made allegations of paedophilia about an old family friend (utterly untrue and so distressing)but still manages,sometimes, to be plausible at first pass.
The memory team decided to start her on an antipsychotic medication along with galantamine and I wondered if anyone else has seen these symptoms in their loved ones?
I was prepared for the memory loss and the changes in personality but not the outrageous lies and allegations. It's making life very difficult.
Thanks for reading this and thanks in advance to anyone taking the time to answer.
Weatherwax
My mother is 63 years old and has been symptomatic of alzheimers for about 5 maybe 6 years it's difficult to pinpoint exactly. She has been getting on with life reasonably well but recently she had a big deterioration in her well-being and memory including times when she has told the strangest of lies about people and has been quite paranoid about the window cleaner stealing her purse etc. It seems she hears things at night now, has made allegations of paedophilia about an old family friend (utterly untrue and so distressing)but still manages,sometimes, to be plausible at first pass.
The memory team decided to start her on an antipsychotic medication along with galantamine and I wondered if anyone else has seen these symptoms in their loved ones?
I was prepared for the memory loss and the changes in personality but not the outrageous lies and allegations. It's making life very difficult.
Thanks for reading this and thanks in advance to anyone taking the time to answer.
Weatherwax