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Re: Leqembi Infusions
My husband is 73 and just finished 18 months of bimonthly infusions and has had one monthly. After the bimonthly infusions, they are prescribed monthly. The Neurologist said that he would decline muc…1 -
Re: Leqembi Infusions
My husband is in the early stages of EO and is 60 years old. He has been tested for the APOE4 gene and also had lots of MRI's to check for brain bleeds. All seems good. He has been getting these…4 -
Re: Mirtazapine OR Trazodone for SLEEP?
My dad has had extremely bad insomnia for 20-25 years. He is now 77. He started waking up earlier and earlier then going to bed earlier as well, so for the past many years his bedtime has been 7:15 o…1 -
Re: Mirtazapine OR Trazodone for SLEEP?
We have had good luck with mirtazapine. It has been helping my LO sleep for a couple years now. She started it in early stage 6 when she was getting up and wandering around the house at all hours of …1 -
Re: Mirtazapine OR Trazodone for SLEEP?
Hi abc123. We've had succcess with Trazadone for my mom (EO - late 50s). Currently, she takes less than 25mg and when taken before bed (crushed in a smoothie) she falls asleep pretty quickly and…1 -
Re: Falls asleep but doesn't stay asleep
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/73314/falls-asleep-but-doesnt-stay-asleep My DH was put on trazodone and it help some.1 -
Update
I have been wanting to post and let you all know how things were going but kept waiting for a meeting with the doctor. Well, that has not happened. The new administrator at DH MC asked the social wor…2 -
Re: Update
I got a copy of DH medication list from the DON today but need help knowing if anything sounds excessive. The Trazadone does concern me and the doctor has taken him off Seraquel. Amlodipine Besylate,…2 -
Re: Sleeping Issues: need advice
My DH also was put on trazadone along with seroquel and it helped. He will wake up for a couple of hours but will go back to bed on his own.1 -
Re: Sleeping Issues: need advice
My DH was prescribed 100 mg of Trazodone at night, and that helped for several months.2
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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