RE: Any ideas?/Barb

[Guest guest]

I have to say that whenever Dad is ill or has had some trauma then he is

always much worse in terms of his confusion. Following a recent visit

to the emergency department at the hospital he was confused for a good

couple of weeks, worse than ever, being lost at home and wandering about

without his teeth in (I've never seen him do that at all). After a

while though he seems to have improved.

Over the last few nights Dad's had a lot of night terrors. He's

suffered from violent dreams for years (thinking he's fighting lions,

etc) but over the last few days Mum has been up and down with him either

screaming, crying, shouting and fighting. Last night was a good night

though and there were no dreams (thank God!)

I'm sure all of these things are common in LBD but it's still

frightening and worrying when they happen. Dad even said to Mum the

other day that she should have him " sectioned " as he was worried that he

may hurt her and nobody would believe that it was an accident. This was

upsetting for us all as you can imagine and is something that we would

never do!

Best wishes

Debs

RE: Any ideas?

Hi Debs,

I'm new to the group. My father was diagnosed with LBD about two

years ago. I live next door and very often he'll comments about going

home. He has lived in the same house for 40 years also. I ask him if

all the stuff in the house is his, and he tells me they (the workers he

sees) duplicated everything. Sometimes, I will take him over my house

for a while, and when I bring him back home. I'll comment " Isn't it

nice to be home ? " It is usually forgotten by then, sometimes it's an

all day thing though........

My father is in the hospital right now. For the past month, he has

been extra confused. He has been on Rispodil for 3 years now, and they

are trying him on something new. The second night he seemed great.

The third night (last night) was just awful. He was so out of it! Last

year was the same. After a day or two in the hospital he was so much

worse than when he went in! When I took him home last year, as soon as

we got in the car, I swear he snapped out of it! Is this normal? Has

anyone else experienced this? He is being released tomorrow.

Barb

Debs wrote:

Mum and Dad have lived in the same house for 45 years but as Dad's

condition is worsening he seems to have developed the idea that he's not

in his own home. He regularly wakes Mum up, telling her to pack her

things and when she asks why he says it's because they're going home.

He has often asked my Mum to come and look at the sitting room and when

she asks what's wrong, he says that he's not in his own home and when

are they going home?

I know that this is part of the condition and suspect that it's because

he's feeling lost and insecure but I just wondered if anyone else has

experienced this? As I said, my parents have lived in the same house

for 45 years so it's not like they're somewhere that he doesn't know.

Does anyone have any thoughts?

Best wishes

Debs

Welcome to LBDcaregivers.

[Guest guest]

> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 15:14:01 -0000

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>Subject: RE: Any ideas?/Barb

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>Over the last few nights Dad's had a lot of night terrors. He's

>suffered from violent dreams for years (thinking he's fighting lions,

>etc) but over the last few days Mum has been up and down with him either

>screaming, crying, shouting and fighting. Last night was a good night

>though and there were no dreams (thank God!)

BreatheRight nose patches cured that in Lee...might want to give them a try?

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Richey