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Re: Seroquel / Quetiapine Dr. prescribed
I also am at my wits end. My husband sees a neurologist and a behavorial therapist. Neither one has helped him. He is in the last stages of the disease and has severe delusions and constant hallucina…6 -
Seroquel / Quetiapine Dr. prescribed
In reading the posts here about this drug, it appears that it is given for those that are not sleeping at night. It was prescribed to my DH for hallucinations. The man does not have trouble sleeping …3 -
Re: Communication/mis-communication frustrations
I totally agree with all your comments. My DH is defensive a lot of the time. We can’t have an intelligent conversation . I don’t know why I still ask him things. What he wants for meals etc. He just…3 -
Re: Learning stage 8
Our journey is just beginning but changes are happening weekly. We had another visit to the ER last Thursday. She was being examined to help her with pain control and mentioned her gate had changed o…2 -
Re: Stage 6 - How Much Medical Care is Appropriate?
My DH was in the hospital 3 weeks ago with kidney failure, and they discovered he recently had a heart attack and had an aortic aneurysm. We were treating the kidney with antibiotics which worked gre…8 -
Communication/mis-communication frustrations
My husband with FTD, early stages, sometimes brings up a topic and I'l respond in a normal way, mild and "neither here nor there." Yet he'll take it as an attack of some kind and respond in…1 -
Learning stage 8
I spent so much time on this site while caring for my DH, and you all helped me so much more than you may know. I feel like I'm still in the 'middle ground' between caring for him and living without …13 -
Re: Stage 6 - How Much Medical Care is Appropriate?
We have to advocate for our loved ones, and you did a great job for your DH! I have a DNR, DNI, and Do Not Hospitalize order for my DH. There is no way I will prolong this suffering for him. I am at …3 -
Re: Vascular Dementia diagnosis
Dementia is an overarching term that refers to a range of symptoms affecting cognitive abilities, while Alzheimer's disease is a specific type of dementia characterized by progressive memory loss and…1 -
Re: Angry
I have had those long periods when "a behavior" will not bother me at all and then the next week with the same behavior, I am far less able to keep that positive attitude or perspective. In…9
Commonly Used Abbreviations
DH = Dear Husband
DW= Dear Wife, Darling Wife
LO = Loved One
ES = Early Stage
EO = Early Onset
FTD = Frontotemporal Dementia
VD = Vascular Dementia
MC = Memory Care
AL = Assisted Living
POA = Power of Attorney
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