Hi
Does anyone have any good experiences with using medications for Alzheimer's-related sleep disturbances?
Husband has young onset Alzheimer's, moderate to severe, in residential care. He's on standard Aricept and Memantine and since 2 weeks on Trazodone to help with sleep disturbances. Trazodone seems to have lifted his mood but not helped with sleep disturbances (zero hours sleep last night). Maybe 2 weeks is too early to judge ...
Got appointment with psychiatrist from Community Mental Health Team on Wednesday morning so would appreciate any recommendations based on good experiences of managing sleep disturbances ...
Many thanks ...
PS he does some form of physical exercise every day so we are doing the max from a non-medication point of view ...
Does anyone have any good experiences with using medications for Alzheimer's-related sleep disturbances?
Husband has young onset Alzheimer's, moderate to severe, in residential care. He's on standard Aricept and Memantine and since 2 weeks on Trazodone to help with sleep disturbances. Trazodone seems to have lifted his mood but not helped with sleep disturbances (zero hours sleep last night). Maybe 2 weeks is too early to judge ...
Got appointment with psychiatrist from Community Mental Health Team on Wednesday morning so would appreciate any recommendations based on good experiences of managing sleep disturbances ...
Many thanks ...
PS he does some form of physical exercise every day so we are doing the max from a non-medication point of view ...