getting more restlessness,wandering

jdsr

Dw is getting more restlessness, wandering more around the house, rearranging things, emotional mid to late afternoon.  Came home from hospital with meds of risperidone, 1 .25mg in am, 2 .25mg at bedtime and 1 300 mg gabapentin at night.  Was prescribed Atavan by nurse now for mid afternoon but that made things worse.  Nurse now recommends 200mg gabapentin about 1pm.  Is this possibly "sundowner"or is her condition getting worse?  Recommendations for other meds early afternoon?

JDSR

sandwichone123

JDSR, sundowning is sort of an umbrella term for behavior that gets worse or harder to manage later in the day. Personally, I think it's usually caused by our LO being mentally tired or having used up their mental energy for the day. So yes, those symptoms would fit the term, but it's not really helpful in planning care.

I don't know about your wife's hospitalization, but if she was recently hospitalized she may take several weeks to return to her normal functioning or to a new baseline. Often when pwd are hospitalized they suffer from delirium, which is a short-term form of dementia, but later return much closer to their previous baseline.