sleep problems with dementia

Hi, welcome to the forum, dementia can be associated with the sleep disorders. They usually have a shallow sleep - mostly stage 1 and 2 - and are easily awakened. They also have trouble turning in bed, and i also associated with restlessness in bed. Sometimes patients may be awakened by choking episodes at night that are triggered by sleeping on their backs. These can be effectively treated by addition of dopamine agonist dose against prescription at bedtime.

how important is it to stop using clonazepam at night given my history of two parents and three siblings having dementia in old age? Do you have suggestions regarding sleep aids with family history of dementia? Pat T.

2 years ago at the age of 42 I had a heart procedure done where my heart stopped 3 times and I suffered nerve damage throughout my body and what my dr thinks was oxygen loss and mild brain damage. I also have moderate obstructive sleep apnea and have loss of oxgen which I think makes the problem worse. Could that brain damage and oxygen deprivation cause dementia/alzeheimers? how do I tell?

Have you once experienced a similar situation?

After intense physical and occupational therapies she is able to walk comfortably and also do little jobs with her hand. However, she has not been to able to regain her speech and her speech now is very disturbed or inchoerent. In past 2-3 months she has been facing a lot of mental disturbance and psychological problems. She forgets date/ days and also sometimes fails to recognize close relatives. She is unable to add or subtract simple stuff which she was doing a few months ago.

Cognitive behavior includes spatial orientation; problems with memory, learning, housetraining; and recognizing and reacting to human family members.

We got him to the vet in less than an hour from his first symtoms and he had no problems with the surgery. Well ever since the surgery he will not sleep (at night) longer that 2 hours. I think he has dementia and will pace around the bedroom, sometimes getting stuck in the corner. We try take him out and he sometimes cannot control his bladder or bowels very well, urinating or pooping as we head for the door. Then the pacing will continue for quite awhile before we get him to lay down.

I was hoping to get some advice on how to cope with sleep problems and want to know if any other people suffer from a similar thing to me. I call it thing because I dont know what the problem is. I underwent surgery April 2010 and have since recovered quite well, except for the sleep part. I do think that my sleep problem has something to do with my Chiari, but I dont think it is sleep apnea, coz I am not waking up gasping for air.

I am tired a good deal of the time, regardless of the amount I sleep. I can get 4 hours of sleep, 8 hours of sleep, or 14 hours of sleep and still wake up feeling grogy and the grogy feeling does not wear off. At the end of my workday, regardless of how much I slept the night before, I am barely able to keep my eyes open. When awake, I have short periods of wakefulness and energy that only last a few hours.

I do know that elderly relatives I have that were diagnosed with dementia improved with the medication Namenda. One issue the psychiatrist should look into is whether this behavior worsened when he was started on an anti-depressent because anti-depressents can worsen mania in a person with bipolar and what is generally used is a full mood stabilizer.

My mom been diagnosed with dementia 1 year ago. She's on Aricipt & Namada - and hasn't had any problems with the meds (on them for the year). She's lately been sleeping most of the day. She gets up, has coffee, then goes back to bed and can sleep until almost dinner time. Is she going into the advanced stage? What can we expect?

One of the reasons this is possible is because of the new program for obtaining medical degrees. You collect two thousand boxtops from a popular breakfast cerial, eat thirty five hot-dogs consecutavely (this is a times exercise) and must obtain a written recommendation from the Dahli Lahma.

We got him to the vet in less than an hour from his first symtoms and he had no problems with the surgery. Well ever since the surgery he will not sleep (at night) longer that 2 hours. I think he has dementia and will pace around the bedroom, sometimes getting stuck in the corner. We try take him out and he sometimes cannot control his bladder, urinating as we head for the door. Then the pacing will continue for quite awhile before we get him to lay down.

If all brain related causes (transient ischemic attack, disorders of hypothalamus, dementia and multiple sclerosis, head injury etc) are ruled out then Vit B12 deficiency, chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep disorders (by sleep studies), depression, use of certain drugs, and certain types of seizures (where memory loss is the predominant symptom) should be investigated for as the cause of memory loss.

Sleep talking may occur either during rapid eye movement sleep or during an incomplete arousal from sleep. Sleep talking is usually harmless, although it may be disturbing to bed partners. Sleep talkers usually have no remembrance of an episode, even if they are awakened immediately afterward. Sleep talking may be caused by emotional stress, fever, or other sleep disorders. Practicing good sleep hygiene often helps to resolve this.

dementia or alzhemier <can't spell it, can also show the same signs as a reaction to medication, or a different illness that has gone undiagnosed you should talk to that family members doctors. if it is a medication problem it can stop the signs but if it is dementia or alzhiemers then they have medication that can help prolong the person lives and reduce early problems.. but there is no cure at this time.. just don't get angry or overreact..

My dad now 72 has what I think might be RBD or something, last night he kept hitting my mom in his sleep, sometimes he would talk and shout in his sleep, it's not always, like every night. It's quite scary when it happens..... A few years ago he fell out of bed and broke his finger. I read something online about people with RBD matching similar symptoms end up developing Parkinson's and dementia in later life? Can blood pressure medication cause this?

Risperidone can help some people with dementia who have symptoms such as aggression and agitation (getting upset easily). But elderly people who take this drug for dementia have an increased risk of having a stroke. Risperidone is no longer considered a safe treatment for elderly people. What is it? Risperidone is an antipsychotic drug. It is normally used to treat people with serious mental health problems like schizophrenia.

Hi My name is Andreas and would like to get some help about my stepfather’s disease. His problems began about two years ago, but have with time got worse. At first we noticed it when all he wanted to do was to sleep. He slept for about 14 hours a day and we also started to recognize his strange behaviour. We went in and out of the hospital and after some time they noticed he suffered from an enlarged heart.

s dementia is either related to fronto-temporal dementia or Alzheimers, but that his symptoms are inconsistent with these conditions. He is 63. He has reported trouble remaining awake, and severe headaches combined with dizziness for a period of ten years. His caregivers report a flattening of affect, loss of memory and alertness, and some difficulty with any multistep task. He has had an evaluation by a neurologist and a clinical neuropsychologist.

I've had a recent history (child history of trauma, injury and other issues) of seizures. After CT's, MRI's and several VEEG's I have been diagnosed with PNES or non-epileptic seizures. I believe that this diagnosis is right since I've previously been diagnosed by a therapist with PTSD, dissociative amnesia and conversion disorder (they referred me to the neurologists for further evaluation of the seizures).

My mother recently moved in with me due to what we believe is dementia. She is 87 years old and has always been very on the ball and able to handle her own business affairs. Now she is pretty confused, asking me over and over what day it is, and having great difficulty with normal day to day tasks. Her neurologist put her on Namenda without much of a result. Her only other medications are Warfrin, she had a stroke a few years ago, a hole behind her heart. And high blood pressrure medication.

//www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dementia/symptoms-causes/syc-20352013 I have read thought that doctors ARE hesitant to diagnose alzheimers disease until they have observed the dementia over a period of time. 6 to 12 months, unfortunately. https://www.helpguide.org/harvard/recognizing-and-diagnosing-alzheimers.htm They repeat the evaluations to be sure.

Sleep problems with dementia

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