talking to people who aren't there

BPS

My wife has for a long time had delusions and some hallucinations (about 3 years) but she has recently started to talk to people that are not there. She is I think early stage 7, but in the DBAT it has that in the section of the final weeks. I know every case is different but for those that have experienced this what has your experience been related to time frames. She is mostly bed bound and has trouble eating on her own, but she also has had a stroke so I don't know how much of her symptoms are due to the stroke and how much is due to Alzheimer's.

Thank you

tboard

https://alzconnected.org/discussion/75227/talking-to-people-who-aren-039-t-there

My DH often talks to people who are not there. I bought him a hat that for Christmas that he really likes. He wears it all of the time. He even wears it to bed. He has asked me where I bought the hat so that he can buy hats for his "crew". His crew are the people in our house that he talks to that I cannot see. Sometimes they make him angry and he says they are trying to hurt him. I tell him that I won't let anyone hurt him. He hasn't had a stroke and has had various auditory and visual hallucinations for the last two years. He has vascular dementia and Alzheimer's.

jgreen

Hi @BPS

My DH is late stage 5. He usually talks out loud when he is asleep. Carries on a long conversation without loosing words. And his dreams do not seem to be scary.

So far when awake he does not see people.

tonyac2

My DH saw and talked to people long before he was deep in dementia. He’s in stage 6 now and I’m not sure if he still sees people as his words are mostly all mixed up. When he does speak clearly, he doesn’t mention seeing people but does see animals in the backyard.