Hi there,
Mum was diagnosed with Az a year ago. Although she's been fairly settled on Aricept, she does experience the odd terrible bout of psychosis - imagining men in her house, becoming horribly distressed and barricading herself in house. She had a really bad episode over Christmas and her psychiatrist has now prescribed Risperidone.
Am just a bit worried about this, reading about side effects, increased risk of strokes, etc. Am also not sure Mum can take her meds reliably (I think her episodes might be connected to forgetting her Aricept) and don't want her to start taking it until we have some home care in place to supervise this. She lives alone.
Just wondered if anyone has experience of caring for someone who's been prescribed this drug, and if there's anything I should be aware of when Mum starts taking it?
Many thanks
Mum was diagnosed with Az a year ago. Although she's been fairly settled on Aricept, she does experience the odd terrible bout of psychosis - imagining men in her house, becoming horribly distressed and barricading herself in house. She had a really bad episode over Christmas and her psychiatrist has now prescribed Risperidone.
Am just a bit worried about this, reading about side effects, increased risk of strokes, etc. Am also not sure Mum can take her meds reliably (I think her episodes might be connected to forgetting her Aricept) and don't want her to start taking it until we have some home care in place to supervise this. She lives alone.
Just wondered if anyone has experience of caring for someone who's been prescribed this drug, and if there's anything I should be aware of when Mum starts taking it?
Many thanks