Hallucinations

Bryan77

New to the forum. Excited to have a resource like this. My wife has early onset Alzheimer's. Her life is so disrupted by another person that she believes lives with us. She believes that this person steals and eats her food, steals and drinks her drinks, sleeps in the bed with us, wears her clothes, and on and on. She carries on both sides of the conversation. We have tried a number of meds prescribed by the doctor, but none have helped with the hallucinations or the anxiety that this other person causes. She argues with this other person during all of her waking hours. You can have a pleasant conversation with her and she will be in the moment, but within a few seconds of stopping the conversation, she goes back to arguing with this other person. My questions is whether or not anyone has seen any relief from these types of hallucinations with CBD oil or medical marijuana?

blacksparky

I also have a DW with EOAD. She is 56 now and diagnosed at 53. Although she is always talking to her special friends, she doesn’t think they are trying to steal things or anything like that. She does argue with them but I don’t hear why. We have tried many medications for her agitation and anxiety. She is now on 40 mg of Prozac. Before that we have tried Serequel, Abilify, and Zoloft to no positive results. The last month or so I have given her gummies that contain 10 mg of CBD and 10mg THC all in one gummy. This seems to really calm her down in the afternoon time when her anxiety/crying usually appears. It’s working for our situation so I will continue for now. I know how hard it is to sit there and watch our LO suffer through this terrible disease. Wishing nothing but success for you and you LO in your journey.

Jeff H

My DW of 67 years is similar but doesn't talk with them, she only speaks about them. She was prescribed 0.25mg of Xanax for her anxiety. It has helped but it has a sedation effect. I'll have to try the gummy thing.

H1235

Because you said she thinks this other person is wearing her clothes it made me wonder. I read somewhere that people with dementia sometimes can’t recognize themselves in the mirrors. I wonder if removing or covering any mirrors in the house might help.

BPS

My wife is in MC on hospice and the nurse said that I can give her CBD gummies and if they are a benefit she could ok the staff to give them to her. I haven't done it yet but the hospice nurse says it can help some times.

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Bryan77

https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/266443#Comment_266443

Thank you for sharing your results of the CBD and THC. I am encourage that it may be something that would help my DW.

tonyac2

I don’t know what state you live in @Bryan77 , but where I am state taxes can exceed the cost of the product. For that reason I got my DH a medical cannabis card - it eliminates paying the taxes. Gummies work well for him if he swallows them. Lately he’s been spitting them out. I give him a gummy at night with CBN in it which promotes sleep and relaxation.
Good luck, you’re doing hard things now.