Chutty31
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My husband has been diagnosed with vascular dementia no medication will this get worse help will he get worse and is there any treatment
Hello Chutty and welcome to TP. I'm so sorry to read about your husband's diagnosis. I'm glad you have found this forum though as there will always be someone around to support and advise you.
I wondered if you would find the Alzheimer's Society factsheet on Vascular Dementia helpful -
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=161
I wondered if you would find the Alzheimer's Society factsheet on Vascular Dementia helpful -
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=161
My husband has been diagnosed with vascular dementia no medication will this get worse help
Chutty31 so sorry to hear about your husband's diagnosis. My husband 81 also has vascular dementia. He is taking warfarin which, in theory, should help to protect him from further mini strokes/TIAs. He had his first mini stroke about 20 years ago and, to the best of my knowledge has had about 10/12 further episodes. It has been over the last 3 years that things have gradually changed but he had another mini stroke just after Christmas and that has had a much bigger impact so that he now needs 24/7 supervision. He is not being given any memory enhancing drugs as he is waiting for an EEG to rule out the possibility that he could be having seizures rather than TIAs, but the consultant at the memory clinic is going to review the possibility of medication once they have the results. Has your husband been to a memory clinic?
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My mum had Vascular Dementia and she was never asked to visit a memory clinic. My husband has Alzheimer's and attended the memory clinic regularly until he stopped taking any dementia medications. I think one of the main differences between the two is that Alzheimer's is a gradual decline while with Vascular Dementia people seem to go along on a plateau for some time then they have a dip and stay on that plateau for a while until the next dip.
Hi,
Sorry to hear about your husbands diagnosis, welcome to talking point.
My husband has been diagnosed with mixed dementia( vascular dementia and alzheimers) he did have memory test and was put on a medication called mamantine.
He is now in the middle/late stage, what I noticed was he stayed the same for a while then had dips which made him worse.
I'm sorry I can't give you any more info, but if you go to dementia uk there is a number to speak to the admiral nurses,who are specialist in dementia, they maybe able to help you more.
Best wishes.
Sorry to hear about your husbands diagnosis, welcome to talking point.
My husband has been diagnosed with mixed dementia( vascular dementia and alzheimers) he did have memory test and was put on a medication called mamantine.
He is now in the middle/late stage, what I noticed was he stayed the same for a while then had dips which made him worse.
I'm sorry I can't give you any more info, but if you go to dementia uk there is a number to speak to the admiral nurses,who are specialist in dementia, they maybe able to help you more.
Best wishes.
Hi,
My husband taps so much during the day, not himself but on the sofa, on cups if he is drinking, he has tapped on the walls also, even some nights when I take him up to bed he will tap on the bed.
This used to drive me crazy, but some how I have learnt to ignore it.
I also found that if he has something in his hands he is less likely to do it, so when he and I are watching tv I usually give him something, he seems to like the stress ball which is soft to squeeze and doesn't make a noise, sometimes him just holding the tv controller is enough.
I don't know if this is part of having dementia or boredom, my husband is not very mobile now, if its a nice day and he starts tapping I go and sit in the garden with him.
My husband taps so much during the day, not himself but on the sofa, on cups if he is drinking, he has tapped on the walls also, even some nights when I take him up to bed he will tap on the bed.
This used to drive me crazy, but some how I have learnt to ignore it.
I also found that if he has something in his hands he is less likely to do it, so when he and I are watching tv I usually give him something, he seems to like the stress ball which is soft to squeeze and doesn't make a noise, sometimes him just holding the tv controller is enough.
I don't know if this is part of having dementia or boredom, my husband is not very mobile now, if its a nice day and he starts tapping I go and sit in the garden with him.
