Hi all,
Mum was prescribed Aricept last week, she started it on Wednesday. I'm really hopeful that 'something' good will happen (although I know it may not).
She's declined quite a bit lately and won't let Dad go out at night without her (he's in a pub quiz team). Neither of us are quite sure why, what it is that she's frightened of. She has come down to my house and my husband gives her a lift up the road and sees her into the house, so in that respect it's okay. Dad really likes the quiz and it'd be a shame if he has to give that up along with everything else.....anyway, I'm way off track now!
I just wondered how soon we could expect to see some improvement, so far no drugs have made any difference as far as we're aware (maybe they've slowed things down, but we don't really know). Has anyone found that Aricept works fairly quickly?
The nurse has more or less implied that this is Mum's last chance and there won't be anything else that they can really try, which I'm finding worrying and frightening,
Thanks in advance,
Mandy
Mum was prescribed Aricept last week, she started it on Wednesday. I'm really hopeful that 'something' good will happen (although I know it may not).
She's declined quite a bit lately and won't let Dad go out at night without her (he's in a pub quiz team). Neither of us are quite sure why, what it is that she's frightened of. She has come down to my house and my husband gives her a lift up the road and sees her into the house, so in that respect it's okay. Dad really likes the quiz and it'd be a shame if he has to give that up along with everything else.....anyway, I'm way off track now!
I just wondered how soon we could expect to see some improvement, so far no drugs have made any difference as far as we're aware (maybe they've slowed things down, but we don't really know). Has anyone found that Aricept works fairly quickly?
The nurse has more or less implied that this is Mum's last chance and there won't be anything else that they can really try, which I'm finding worrying and frightening,
Thanks in advance,
Mandy