Hello Everyone
My husband has not been diagnosed with any of the conditions yet but has had two assessments at the memory clinic, one the year before last and one last year (where they told him he did not need to return unless he was experiencing more serious symptoms)
He passed the tests, especially the maths ones, but he has always been good at those kind of things.
However, within the last year he has deteriorated sharply. He is always forgetting what he came in to say, where he puts things, denies he said something. He’s very sharp to the point of cruel with some of the things he says to me, often upsetting me to the point of tears. He thrashes and shouts out at night and swears he sees things when he does half wake up. I think his hearing is also much worse too. He regularly sleeps in the clothes he wears all day (usually a soft track suit) He is very glum and gloomy most of the time and takes umbrage with drivers, people on tv, anyone really. He can say horrible things about strangers, but not to their face, but to me.
But, his driving is fine and he still cycles and swims. He still emails people and writes the Christmas cards etc, but takes a long time to do these things and gets very flustered if items are not where they were.
I know most of you will have very, very many more serious problems than me, but I’m feeling very down and scared as I am almost certain that we will need to make a new appointment to go to the memory clinic and I’m sure that this time it will be the start of things to come.
I feel so very sorry for him but already I feel life changing and it’s terrifying.
Can anyone tell me if this sounds like any experience you’ve had? Thank you.
My husband has not been diagnosed with any of the conditions yet but has had two assessments at the memory clinic, one the year before last and one last year (where they told him he did not need to return unless he was experiencing more serious symptoms)
He passed the tests, especially the maths ones, but he has always been good at those kind of things.
However, within the last year he has deteriorated sharply. He is always forgetting what he came in to say, where he puts things, denies he said something. He’s very sharp to the point of cruel with some of the things he says to me, often upsetting me to the point of tears. He thrashes and shouts out at night and swears he sees things when he does half wake up. I think his hearing is also much worse too. He regularly sleeps in the clothes he wears all day (usually a soft track suit) He is very glum and gloomy most of the time and takes umbrage with drivers, people on tv, anyone really. He can say horrible things about strangers, but not to their face, but to me.
But, his driving is fine and he still cycles and swims. He still emails people and writes the Christmas cards etc, but takes a long time to do these things and gets very flustered if items are not where they were.
I know most of you will have very, very many more serious problems than me, but I’m feeling very down and scared as I am almost certain that we will need to make a new appointment to go to the memory clinic and I’m sure that this time it will be the start of things to come.
I feel so very sorry for him but already I feel life changing and it’s terrifying.
Can anyone tell me if this sounds like any experience you’ve had? Thank you.