Hi. I am new here too - my partner was diagnosed about four weeks ago. I feel the same as May1 in that I just don't know what to do. My partner is 64 and is also visually impaired - he had to take early retirement in 2010 because of this. I am 47 and we have a son aged 15. Since his diagnosis it's almost like he has thought to himself "Right that's it - I'm going to open my floodgates and let this thing in". I have had to rush forward contact with the local dementia support team (social work, nurses etc) as I haven't had a full nights sleep for about a fortnight now. Nights are awful - and a different behaviour each time - swearing some nights, dressing and undressing all night other times etc. But all nights are bound together by him not knowing who I am or who he is/where he is. He doesn't know who our son is either when he is like this - and that's heartbreaking. He needs reassurance each night about who I am and stays awake all night taking loudly and shaking me to ask me questions about what I am doing there. The support team say that they need to do a 4-6 week assessment before they will consider medication for his nights. In the meantime I am shattered from lack of sleep and trying to hold down a full time job as a teacher - I'm the sole breadwinner in the family now and I have a mortgage to pay (the house is in my name), as well as all the bills and the responsibility of supporting my partner and our son. I am trying so hard to stay positive but its so difficult when I have friends and relatives all pressurising me to push the doctors and social workers for more help. What kind of help? I don't want my partner to go into care at the moment - I just want to be able to sleep at night really! Anyway I'm sorry for the maybe dramatic introduction to myself but it does help to be on here knowing that I am not alone