Lewy Bodys verses Physical illness ?
Since i have been out of hospital , Elaine have been chatting about how very quickly i became ill with a very bad chest infection, and how serous it was (I never think its that serious but i wouldn't would i ?) One thing we did talk about , and i have just been asked about this by a dear friend, is how was my Lewy Body`s whilst i was in hospital? Well, i had asked Elaine this just yesterday as my memory is not what it was and it has certainly raised a few questions?
Apparently my hallucinations were rife and a lot worse, and yet my night times were quite settled (i have had two really bad nights since coming home where i am fighting, screaming, shouting, and i am ashamed to say, swearing , and you all know how i feel about swearing !! So it does make me ask WHY ??
For what its worth, in my humble opinion, i think when the body and mind knows its seriously ill, it shuts down and conserves energy in certain departments. The mind is such an incredibly complex machine, we are not advanced enough to have all the answers at the moment but i am sure we will one day. So my questions are
Were my hallucinations part or my Lewy Body`s dementia and heightened because of my illness ?
or
Were they more prominent because of possibly high temperature?
Why were my nights more settled ?
Was it because i was so ill, the body just shut down?
or
is there something in the medication they were giving me for the chest infection that quietened the Lewy Bodys down without knowingly doing so?
( There have been many examples in the past of anti depression tablets being used for cancer treatment etc !)
My answer as a mere layperson is i really dont know, and wouldn't have a clue where to start, but certainly food for thought me thinks. i know its not down to sheer tiredness and exhaustion as i do suffer from that more than i like to admit to, but the Lewy Body dementia demon still visits when this happens, WHO KNOWS ??
Maybe this is one for the academics and researchers to look at ??
Thoughts please ??
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Since i have been out of hospital , Elaine have been chatting about how very quickly i became ill with a very bad chest infection, and how serous it was (I never think its that serious but i wouldn't would i ?) One thing we did talk about , and i have just been asked about this by a dear friend, is how was my Lewy Body`s whilst i was in hospital? Well, i had asked Elaine this just yesterday as my memory is not what it was and it has certainly raised a few questions?
Apparently my hallucinations were rife and a lot worse, and yet my night times were quite settled (i have had two really bad nights since coming home where i am fighting, screaming, shouting, and i am ashamed to say, swearing , and you all know how i feel about swearing !! So it does make me ask WHY ??
For what its worth, in my humble opinion, i think when the body and mind knows its seriously ill, it shuts down and conserves energy in certain departments. The mind is such an incredibly complex machine, we are not advanced enough to have all the answers at the moment but i am sure we will one day. So my questions are
Were my hallucinations part or my Lewy Body`s dementia and heightened because of my illness ?
or
Were they more prominent because of possibly high temperature?
Why were my nights more settled ?
Was it because i was so ill, the body just shut down?
or
is there something in the medication they were giving me for the chest infection that quietened the Lewy Bodys down without knowingly doing so?
( There have been many examples in the past of anti depression tablets being used for cancer treatment etc !)
My answer as a mere layperson is i really dont know, and wouldn't have a clue where to start, but certainly food for thought me thinks. i know its not down to sheer tiredness and exhaustion as i do suffer from that more than i like to admit to, but the Lewy Body dementia demon still visits when this happens, WHO KNOWS ??
Maybe this is one for the academics and researchers to look at ??
Thoughts please ??
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