Hi everyone
My mum went from forgetful, confused and wobbly on her feet to being unable to string a coherent sentence together, not recognising anyone in her life except my dad, falling over almost every time she stands and not getting to the toilet in time. She also has started doing other strange things such as randomly picking up the waste paper basket and emptying it piece by piece.
The GP and hospital (including stroke clinic) have given her every test going in the last fortnight and can find no physical cause for the sudden deterioration.
The nurse from the Memory Clinic wants mum to try memantine (she's been on Donepizil for 6 years). Is it likely to make an actual difference to mum's quality of life now? I understood that it can't reverse symptoms but delays further decline - as she is already struggling with movement, speech, recognition and other basic functions, I would like to understand what we can reasonably expect from the memantine so that I can manage both mine and my dad's expectations.
Thanks in advance for your advice and experience - I'm completely lost...
My mum went from forgetful, confused and wobbly on her feet to being unable to string a coherent sentence together, not recognising anyone in her life except my dad, falling over almost every time she stands and not getting to the toilet in time. She also has started doing other strange things such as randomly picking up the waste paper basket and emptying it piece by piece.
The GP and hospital (including stroke clinic) have given her every test going in the last fortnight and can find no physical cause for the sudden deterioration.
The nurse from the Memory Clinic wants mum to try memantine (she's been on Donepizil for 6 years). Is it likely to make an actual difference to mum's quality of life now? I understood that it can't reverse symptoms but delays further decline - as she is already struggling with movement, speech, recognition and other basic functions, I would like to understand what we can reasonably expect from the memantine so that I can manage both mine and my dad's expectations.
Thanks in advance for your advice and experience - I'm completely lost...