Removing shirt and pants, temperature or drug stoppage?

Bass Man

Six days ago we stopped taking Donepizil , Memantine and resperidone. It is much warmer last evening and today here in central texas, LO has removed shirt and pants once last evening and shirt today. This is not normal for her, just posing question to see if it has happened to others. 

                                                             Thanks for caring, Bass Man 

towhee

If you stopped 3 medications at once, especially if you did not taper down the dosage, it's not impossible for medication changes to have contributed. It would be very difficult to determine which medication or combination of medications is responsible though. Talk to your doctor and pharmacist.

It would not hurt to check her temperature, and make sure her clothing is not uncomfortable. Body temperature does not always regulate itself well as we get older, especially with dementia.

There is another thread on this topic on this page recently. You might find it helpful.

dayn2nite2

Cold turkey?  If so, you have your answer.   And if so, I would immediately stop going to the medical professional that suggested to do such a thing.

Those medications need to be tapered slowly.

Arrowhead

While ending all medicines could be the cause, it might not be. My wife often wears too much clothing. She might wear 2 bras and/or 4 blouses together. In spite of the warmer weather, she still puts a coat on, even in the house.

Michael Ellenbogen

 Since I have been living with dementia, I have found that clothes that fit me tight are uncomfortable and I now like to wear everything a bit bigger then i really need it. My paints size is 2 inches bigger then what I need and at times that is not loose enough so I open up the front. I also no longer like an cloths that as not smooth and are scratchy. Now if I was in the later stages I just may be one who would remove them if I was not completely comfortable in very loose cloths. I say all this as this could be what apers may be dealing with.