Dreams

Maru

DH with ALZ has started dreaming. In the past he has said that he was unaware of any dreams. Now, they are vivid enough for him to remember. Additionaly, he is tearing up his bed in his sleep to the point where all bedding is on the floor. I did not aske him about his dreams whichh I see now that I probably need to do. He is not on any dementia medication (allergic to everything) which I am aware can cause this.

I did a google search on this behavior with ALZ and vivid dreams (sometimes scary) are a known phenonmenon and a sign of further deterioration.

If anyone else has addressed this I would be interested in hearing what if anything you did to help with this or even if there is nothing that can help with this.

SDianeL

It’s very common My husband had dreams and thought they were real. It’s hallucinations. His Neurologist prescribed Risperidone and it helped. When he would wake up and get out of bed I would calmly tell him he was dreaming and to come back to bed. That worked most of the time.