Hallucinations(23)

Coco3

Please excuse me if this post shows up again somewhere else because it' my first time here and not sure I'm adding post correctly. My aunt appears to have early stage dementia.  She is 86 and has become mean and hateful and has memory issues.  My brother lives with her.  Recently she has started getting up in the middle of the night saying she can hear someone knocking on her bedroom door or that someone is trying to break in her bedroom window.  She wakes my brother up to check.  She has called the police a few times.   There are security cameras set up around her house and there is also an alarm system. She is adamant that someone is there.  Is there a medication that helps with auditory hallucinations?  She will never admit that she may have dementia or go the doctor.  If he were to prescribe medication, she wouldn't take it.  Not sure what to do.  If confronted about dementia suspicions, she will likely be furious and never speak to us again.  Any input is appreciated.

Martin Robbins

Olanzapine worked to make my mother's visual hallucinations manageable.  Which means I hardly had to worry about them anymore.

Prior to taking olanzapine, I was afraid the stress from her deep despair over the welfare of the two little boys she hallucinated was going to hurt her. 

My mother also would refuse to take pills.  Olanzapine, however, comes as a rapidly dissolving pill.  No swallowing.  Just keep it on the tongue and its dissolved in about 5 seconds.

Coco3

Thank you very much!