My husband has Alzheimers and is now deteriorating rapidly over the last 12months
We are struggling with medication and I am at my wits end.as well as Donepezil he was taking Trazadone to help him sleep. This worked but then they decided he was depressed so put him on sertralene but then had to come off Trazadone and in its place gave Zopiclone. This did nothing for sleep so they doubled it.On this he was disorientated banging into walls and falling so they halved it again.We then went back to having 3 hours sleep per night. In desperation I went back to see the consultant and she decided to half the sertraline and put him back on Trazadone. Omg. He was aggressive abusive threatening and talked and shouted at TV literally all day. After 4 days I got frightened of him and decided to stop them. Today I have been for help and have been told I shouldn't have stopped them so soon! !!. Seems I now have a choice. I put him back on Trazadone, get a good night's sleep but live in fear, leave him off them and survive on 3 hours sleep a night or try antisycotic drugs which I have been told could cause a stroke or heart attack. All I want is a nights sleep. Surely there must be something else we can try but I feel I m being left to get on with it. I really am at rock bottom. Can anyone offer advice. Sorry to go on so much but I m desperate
We are struggling with medication and I am at my wits end.as well as Donepezil he was taking Trazadone to help him sleep. This worked but then they decided he was depressed so put him on sertralene but then had to come off Trazadone and in its place gave Zopiclone. This did nothing for sleep so they doubled it.On this he was disorientated banging into walls and falling so they halved it again.We then went back to having 3 hours sleep per night. In desperation I went back to see the consultant and she decided to half the sertraline and put him back on Trazadone. Omg. He was aggressive abusive threatening and talked and shouted at TV literally all day. After 4 days I got frightened of him and decided to stop them. Today I have been for help and have been told I shouldn't have stopped them so soon! !!. Seems I now have a choice. I put him back on Trazadone, get a good night's sleep but live in fear, leave him off them and survive on 3 hours sleep a night or try antisycotic drugs which I have been told could cause a stroke or heart attack. All I want is a nights sleep. Surely there must be something else we can try but I feel I m being left to get on with it. I really am at rock bottom. Can anyone offer advice. Sorry to go on so much but I m desperate