For quite a while last year my husband really struggled with feelings of confusion and anxiety . Eventually his GP referred him for a CT scan and full range of blood tests . When the results came back she said the CT scan had shown up shrinkage in the Cerebellum which can be attributed to heavy use of Alcohol (my husband doesn't drink alcohol ) the GP then made the referral to our local Memory Clinic . A worker came out and did a memory test and then we waited until February of this year for him to be seen by the Consultant . He was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment and mixed Anxiety and Depressive Disorder .But he was asked to have another CT scan because he wanted to ascertain if the level of problems was actually Alzheimer's , he was then seen again in May again the consultant said he couldn't say it was full blown Dementia he wanted George to have his depression treatment increased but to date his GP has not received the recommendations that he said he was going to make . He also wanted my husband to have an MRI but he suffers badly from claustrophobia and couldn't have the scan . We are again 'waiting ' for the next appointment in August I'm dreading the consultant say we will just monitor it for the next six months !! I've been off work with stress and trying to care for my husband I had hoped we would spend some quality time together however he sleeps endlessly (he would sleep 24hours if I didn't try to wake him ) I struggle to get him to get out of bed every day . He is confused and often doesn't know where he is or who any of the people in the photos are , he has horrendous nightmares and has seen people in the house that are not there but to him they are very real ! I'm at my whits end I'm finding it so much harder than I thought , I already feel isolated and hadn't expected to feel like this yet . I struggle with the thought that I am not enough to make my husband to want to get up and 'live' . My husband gets very short tempered with me if I try to get him to do anything . All I want is the consultant to say right we are going to try some medication that may help to slow the progression down but he has not offered this life line I should have said my husband is only 54 . I just don't know what to do anymore ....