Chills, shaking, rapid breathing

AAAA · October 7

Every day for the last 2 weeks between 5 and 6 p.m. my DH has had chills, shaking, rapid breathing and insists on going to bed. Once in bed, these symptoms will subside, and he will stay in bed (other than getting up to the bathroom ) for the next 12-13 hours. Today, he experienced this and went to bed at 1:30 p.m. He has had similar episodes in the past and has had a total physical workup with everything coming back normal…labs, x-rays,EKGs,CTs. This has been addressed by several Drs. and no one has an answer. He started on a very low dose of mirtazapine, and of note, these symptoms started when I was told to increase the dose, which I did, but now have reduced it after talking to our DR. Has anyone else dealt with something like this? My DH was diagnosed with Alzheimer's 5 years ago.

jgreen · October 7

I have not, @AAAA I pray you are able to figure this out for his sake and yours.

Quilting brings calm · October 7

It might be a symptom of sundowning - basically he might be having a mini panic attack. Going to bed solves it because he feels safe there. Sundowning occurs late afternoon for those affected by it. They become anxious, agitated, more confused. You can Google various methods to try to combat it.

notequipped · October 7

Wondering if it could be a blood sugar issue. Mirtazapine can affect blood sugar. Not something that you would necessarily catch in routine lab work.

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