Has your LO had these types of symptoms

ImMaggieMae

I’m cross posting this from the spouse’s and partners forum because I want to see if anyone here is familiar with these symptoms.

 My DH was diagnosed with probable Alz and behavior variant FTD. It think it was based mainly on symptoms of obsessive/compulsive behaviors. He has never shown aggressive or violent behavior, but prior to getting medications, he was very agitated much of the time. He would be awake all night brushing his teeth, cleaning his glasses, taking showers, putting on and taking off different watches, etc. When I would tell him to stop and come to bed, he’d say, “ Just one more time, my glasses/teeth etc. are almost clean.” Then 5 minutes later he’d be back doing it again. During the day he would start to take the trash bins down to the street. We’d stop and redirect him, but he would be back at it a few minutes later. He went through all his watches and threw away the ones with dead batteries. Had to fish them out of the garbage can. He was in almost constant motion, not angry, just agitated, bouncing off the walls. 

Is this one of those behaviors like repeating a question hundreds of times within a few minutes, preferring sweets more than before, etc., that a lot of PWD go through at some early stage of dementia?  Or is it more unusual? 

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Hi ImMaggieMae.

My mother didn't repeat tasks or show that behavior at an early stage, but did become restless at a later stage. She was very active in the early stages, lots of exercise. I do wonder if that helped. Later on she would continually get out of bed at night. This could go on for hours. She was still relatively active at that time but not as much. Her agitation was beginning to increase at that time and she was more restless. She has not been diagnosed with FTD.

JJAz

ImMaggieMae wrote:

I’m cross posting this from the spouse’s and partners forum because I want to see if anyone here is familiar with these symptoms.  

Is this one of those behaviors like repeating a question hundreds of times within a few minutes, preferring sweets more than before, etc., that a lot of PWD go through at some early stage of dementia?  Or is it more unusual? 

This sounds typical for early to mid-stage dementia