Humming

blacksparky

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?

Stan2

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

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

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

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