Well its been just a little over 2 months now since things have taken a turn for the worse and here we are no closer to find a solution. All the medicine he has been given in that time I have been told to stop or have started to scale down. Lorazapam gone, phenergnan gone, aricept reduced from 10 mg to 5 mg with view to stop by next week and haloperidol reduced from 1.5mg to 0.5mg with view to stop next week. This leaves us with 30 mg mirtzapine and 10mg memantine twice a day. Hubby has already started blowing and I can see the old signs of him being nervous returning. Last week seemed so perfect, yes he was little sedated and quite, manageable would be the best way to describe it eating and taking his medicine not washing everyday but at least brushing teeth and changing clothes. Told the memory clinic I cannot go back to how it was, will probably have break down. She said they will try another medicine next week when he comes off these with different side effects as she thinks the old ones might be the cause of the seizures he had. Or she said have him hospitalized so they can sort the medication out. I don't think things will ever be the same if I have him sectioned so have opted to try the new medicine next week however its the time between now and then I am worried about.....
Its so hard trying to make decisions when you don't know what the outcome is going to be. I did say to the doctor I would rather have the medicines that allows us to keep hubby at home then give different ones which would probably give him more time but not with us. I know other people on here are going through the same dilemma. I have a good support network at home at the moment the 3 boys have made a rota so one of them is home every evening, they are happy to do this for however long but I know even though will not be able to cope if dad started wandering and being aggresive again............
Its so hard trying to make decisions when you don't know what the outcome is going to be. I did say to the doctor I would rather have the medicines that allows us to keep hubby at home then give different ones which would probably give him more time but not with us. I know other people on here are going through the same dilemma. I have a good support network at home at the moment the 3 boys have made a rota so one of them is home every evening, they are happy to do this for however long but I know even though will not be able to cope if dad started wandering and being aggresive again............