Good evening all,
I would like some advice please. My wife was diagnosed 18 months ago following a UTI and a period of significant delerium. She was prescribed Risperidone which has been a great help. Smallest dose only.
During the last three months there have been short periods of confusion, lasting from 1/2 day to a complete weekend, where she thinks I am someone else and that her husband (me) is somewhere else. In the main I have been able to manage these periods and they do pass.
However, last weekend we had an episode where she thought I had replaced her husband again; she was very worried that he was going to leave her; when things calmed down and he 'returned' she made me/him promise never to go away.
The same thing has happened starting yesterday and continued throughout today and I am now expecting it to continue tomorrow. The hard part is dealing with her deep worry that she has been left again. She clearly sits and worries about this. I did try and say that she was confused but it did not work;I did not really expect it to. She has now gone to bed happy that he/I will be back by the time she wakes up tomorrow. I am now worrying about how I will manage this if the confusion continues.
Any thoughts will be a great help.
Steve
I would like some advice please. My wife was diagnosed 18 months ago following a UTI and a period of significant delerium. She was prescribed Risperidone which has been a great help. Smallest dose only.
During the last three months there have been short periods of confusion, lasting from 1/2 day to a complete weekend, where she thinks I am someone else and that her husband (me) is somewhere else. In the main I have been able to manage these periods and they do pass.
However, last weekend we had an episode where she thought I had replaced her husband again; she was very worried that he was going to leave her; when things calmed down and he 'returned' she made me/him promise never to go away.
The same thing has happened starting yesterday and continued throughout today and I am now expecting it to continue tomorrow. The hard part is dealing with her deep worry that she has been left again. She clearly sits and worries about this. I did try and say that she was confused but it did not work;I did not really expect it to. She has now gone to bed happy that he/I will be back by the time she wakes up tomorrow. I am now worrying about how I will manage this if the confusion continues.
Any thoughts will be a great help.
Steve