Hi all,
I’m new to this forum, but I’ve been reading through some of the posts and it’s been so eye opening to see so many people going through similar things.
Mum was diagnosed this September with Alzheimer’s although I had suspected this for a while. She’s only 63 and lives on her own. I’m an only child, with a young daughter and currently pregnant with my second.
Since last Sunday she has been suffering really badly with hallucinations, she stayed at mine on Monday night but was up from 4am-7am shouting and crying that someone was trying to break in. My husband has been staying with her at her house to keep an eye on her since Tuesday as it didn’t make sense for her to wake my daughter up every night if she stayed with us.
She’s convinced she can see/hear her sister constantly spreading rumours about her and slagging her off. I’ve had to delete my aunts number from her phone to stop her harassing her in the middle of the night.
She is currently going out to the balcony (she lives on the top floor of a flat) shouting over the side at her ‘sister’ and every time my husband tells her to come back inside because it’s cold and wet, she threatens to jump and kill herself. She tells me she can constantly hear her sister talking about her and it’s driving her to the brink of suicide.
I don’t know if this is a hearing voices thing is a common effect of Alzheimer’s or if it’s just her experiencing delirium.
I am currently waiting for an ambulance service to take her to a&e, I know that sounds extreme, but she has been threatening suicide intent and it’s so worrying. I’m at my wits end, and no one seems to want to help.
I’m new to this forum, but I’ve been reading through some of the posts and it’s been so eye opening to see so many people going through similar things.
Mum was diagnosed this September with Alzheimer’s although I had suspected this for a while. She’s only 63 and lives on her own. I’m an only child, with a young daughter and currently pregnant with my second.
Since last Sunday she has been suffering really badly with hallucinations, she stayed at mine on Monday night but was up from 4am-7am shouting and crying that someone was trying to break in. My husband has been staying with her at her house to keep an eye on her since Tuesday as it didn’t make sense for her to wake my daughter up every night if she stayed with us.
She’s convinced she can see/hear her sister constantly spreading rumours about her and slagging her off. I’ve had to delete my aunts number from her phone to stop her harassing her in the middle of the night.
She is currently going out to the balcony (she lives on the top floor of a flat) shouting over the side at her ‘sister’ and every time my husband tells her to come back inside because it’s cold and wet, she threatens to jump and kill herself. She tells me she can constantly hear her sister talking about her and it’s driving her to the brink of suicide.
I don’t know if this is a hearing voices thing is a common effect of Alzheimer’s or if it’s just her experiencing delirium.
I am currently waiting for an ambulance service to take her to a&e, I know that sounds extreme, but she has been threatening suicide intent and it’s so worrying. I’m at my wits end, and no one seems to want to help.