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Humming

my DW is humming songs all the time that she is awake. She also fidgets with her fingers a lot. I ask her what she is humming and she says she’s not humming. Any thoughts?

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  • Stan2
    Stan2 Member Posts: 87
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    My DW has been humming ( no discernible tune) about 3 years now. It was one of the first changes I noticed when I thought she might be having a problem. She knows she is doing it, if asked she'll say "just humming".

  • SusanB-dil
    SusanB-dil Member Posts: 1,165
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    My grandmother would fidget a lot. She would walk around twisting, twisting, twisting a hankie. Fidgeting is a known symptom of alz. 'Twiddle muffs', toys and blankets are available to keep hands occupied. Sometimes they work.

  • sandwichone123
    sandwichone123 Member Posts: 775
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    My dh was a master of jingles. About two years of our life was accompanied by commercial jingles of the 60s and 70s interspersed with a few TV theme songs.

  • sunnydove
    sunnydove Member Posts: 86
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    My mom has been humming the same two notes over and over for years. From the minutes she wakes up until she falls asleep. At first I thought it was a way to comfort herself. But then I remembered this old documentary I watched that simulated having Alzheimer's many years ago. It seems a lot of people with AD have static in their head and I think the humming is to cover that up.

    Experience 12 Minutes In Alzheimer's Dementia

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