Sweating and sundowners

ImMaggieMae

Often, but not every day, my DH will sweat rather profusely in the late afternoon. It lasts for a couple of hours and then goes away. He doesn’t have a fever when this happens or any other unusual symptoms other than nervousness and agitation. The room temp is usually around 71°. He takes Risperidone, Memantine and Gabapentin before bedtime. The sundowning usually goes from about 3pm and often til around 9pm. He calms for about a hour while I feed him dinner. He’s somewhere in stage 6.

Does anyone else see sweating in their spouse?

Kat63

My DH has had sundowning for several months now and will sweat sometimes, but I contributed it to him constantly moving things during his sundowning. He likes to pack the car daily as he is always “going home”. As with your husband, my DH’s sundowning starts mid to late afternoon and will only subside when I give him the Trazodone he was prescribed. I try not to give it to him too early as I want it to help him sleep. This past summer he literally would sweat through two to three shirts daily. Anyway my DH packs the car late afternoon, early evening and then unpacks it most mornings. If I know we are needing the car and I ask him to unpack it, he will say something like. “I don’t know who put all that stuff in the car”!! This is pretty much what he does the days we are home, which are most days. I believe my husband to be in stage 6 also.

Dio

I don't know if sweating has any correlation to sundowning. My DH went through a phase when on random days his upper body would be drenched with sweat, soaking through the sheets and mattress, in the middle of the night for no reason at all. I literally could wring out sweat from his t-shirt. As mysteriously as it came, so was it when the nightsweating stopped and hasn't returned.

Marta

Is your husband taking pain medication, such as ibuprofen or Tylenol, mid-day? That would lower body temp and necessitate sweating 😓

ImMaggieMae

https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/192782#Comment_192782

Marta, no, he isn’t taking any pain medications.