Newcomer Needing Advice
Hi I am a new member so I'm not entirely familiar with the set up yet.
My mother has been diagnosed as having early on alzheimers. She has begun treatment (aricept) 2 1/2 months ago. Initially she did not have any bad side-effects apart from a couple of nights of restlessness, which she cannot obviously say is a direct affect of the drug.
Last night she had a very distrubing experience when she woke up hearing noises which only she- not my father could hear. This went on for quite some time and she said she felt extremely anxious too.
Does anyone have any advice? Is this normal? Could this be a result of the drugs or is this linked to the disease? As I mentioned she is in the very early stages of the illness and is fairly sceptical about the possible benefits of treament. She has already talked about stopping the treament.
Thanks
Hi I am a new member so I'm not entirely familiar with the set up yet.
My mother has been diagnosed as having early on alzheimers. She has begun treatment (aricept) 2 1/2 months ago. Initially she did not have any bad side-effects apart from a couple of nights of restlessness, which she cannot obviously say is a direct affect of the drug.
Last night she had a very distrubing experience when she woke up hearing noises which only she- not my father could hear. This went on for quite some time and she said she felt extremely anxious too.
Does anyone have any advice? Is this normal? Could this be a result of the drugs or is this linked to the disease? As I mentioned she is in the very early stages of the illness and is fairly sceptical about the possible benefits of treament. She has already talked about stopping the treament.
Thanks
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