My mum has alzheimers and has been very weepy recently and sometimes sobs and sobs for ages over something that really doesn't warrant that reaction eg. my cousins 3yr old boy stays every weekend but couldn't stay last weekend because he had chickenpox and Mum ranted and said it was all a plan and we were keeping him from her and he was all she had in life and she might as well be dead and lay on her bed sobbing. I think it was an outlet for the way she is feeling, she was upset but it was disproportionate.
She's been like this for a while and the doctor from the memory clinic came to the house about 4wks ago because it distresses Mum to go out(they are very good in this area). She said Mum is depressed and gave Sertraline 50mg, small dose because Mum is so thin now. There were no side effects that we were told could occur.
Her nurse came out last week and we told her that 50mg had made no difference to Mums mood. She took info back to doctor at memory clinic to discuss at weekly meeting.
Sorry to ramble on but my question is this.........the nurse rang Wednesday to say that an prescription increasing the Sertraline to 100mg had been faxed to our GP.
She said the doctor asked her to inform us of possible side effects which are.......possible lowering of mood, upset tummy, nausea and the runs like when she first started which Mum didn't have.
She then said Mum could have seizures and if that happened we were to call emergency services to have Mum checked over.
She couldn't tell me how the seizures would manifest themselves or how long they would last. This makes us not want to increase the dose.Mum is also on Aricept 10mg.
She has an incompetent heart valve so this is worrying.
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She's been like this for a while and the doctor from the memory clinic came to the house about 4wks ago because it distresses Mum to go out(they are very good in this area). She said Mum is depressed and gave Sertraline 50mg, small dose because Mum is so thin now. There were no side effects that we were told could occur.
Her nurse came out last week and we told her that 50mg had made no difference to Mums mood. She took info back to doctor at memory clinic to discuss at weekly meeting.
Sorry to ramble on but my question is this.........the nurse rang Wednesday to say that an prescription increasing the Sertraline to 100mg had been faxed to our GP.
She said the doctor asked her to inform us of possible side effects which are.......possible lowering of mood, upset tummy, nausea and the runs like when she first started which Mum didn't have.
She then said Mum could have seizures and if that happened we were to call emergency services to have Mum checked over.
She couldn't tell me how the seizures would manifest themselves or how long they would last. This makes us not want to increase the dose.Mum is also on Aricept 10mg.
She has an incompetent heart valve so this is worrying.
Has anyone any experience of Aricept and seizures? Edit Post Respond to member Report Post Blog this Post .
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