My wife Dee is well into stage 6 but has never been told that she has Alzheimers.
As she reacted badly to Aricept, she has been tried on Reminyl and has been taking this for one month, and all seems well.
Last night she struggled to compose a sentence during the ‘going to bed routine’. I tried to understand her and I believe she was really asking: “why do people treat me differently ?” . Fortunately the moment passed and we laughed about something.
This resulted, I suspect, from the well meaning invitation from a very kind neighbour who asked her for a cup of tea yesterday morning and escorted her from our house to her’s and back after the little break.
I have not had the opportunity to ask the clinic staff why patients are guarded against the identification of Alzheimers.
Have other carers faced this problem and what happens if the patient knows ?
And Reminyl. How have other carers found behaviour changes after taking this drug ?
Would be very grateful for your experience with this please - Cliff
As she reacted badly to Aricept, she has been tried on Reminyl and has been taking this for one month, and all seems well.
Last night she struggled to compose a sentence during the ‘going to bed routine’. I tried to understand her and I believe she was really asking: “why do people treat me differently ?” . Fortunately the moment passed and we laughed about something.
This resulted, I suspect, from the well meaning invitation from a very kind neighbour who asked her for a cup of tea yesterday morning and escorted her from our house to her’s and back after the little break.
I have not had the opportunity to ask the clinic staff why patients are guarded against the identification of Alzheimers.
Have other carers faced this problem and what happens if the patient knows ?
And Reminyl. How have other carers found behaviour changes after taking this drug ?
Would be very grateful for your experience with this please - Cliff