my wife was on aricept and namenda for years and 3 years ago we also added risperdal as her "hallucinations" became impossible to handle. Yes, we discussed the warnings about the data which showed some increase in heart fatalities, but decided the increased risk was really slight compared to solving the problem. so far, it appears to have been the right decision for us.

My wife and I have given up our life for my mom for the past 3 years.
We live at her house and do everything for her, while our own house just sits
15 min. away. We take her to the movies, dancing, & dinners weekly, plus Cub baseball games. I feel so sorry for her with this horrific disease.
I feel my mom & dad were the best parents ever & I need to return the favor
and make God & my dad, who died at 70 in 2004, proud of me. My mom is only 77. But my wife is only 35, I am 50, and my wife is an angel from heaven cooking, cleaning, & entertaining my mom daily. She even wipes her butt 3 times a day and helps her bath & change. We are trying to keep Mom in her own house with a happy & comfortable environment.
My mom has severe mood swings & takes it out on my wife,
yelling & screaming at her to get out of the house, then telling her 10 min. later how she loves her. It has drained us with severe stress for 3 yrs.
We just put her on Seroquil to try and control the mood swings & anger.
My mom is obsessed with me, her son, and wants me there with her 24/7.
Any advice anyone please? We are now interviewing live-in caregivers from Care.com website. Anyone have experience with Seroquil for moods, and
any ideas or help with the moods or son obsession?
My heart bleeds for my mom and this disgusting Dementia/Alzheimers disease, but my wife and I need our life back. We want to enjoy our time and have kids.
Life flys by and it is not fair to my beloved wife. She is amazing to do all she does 24/7 for a mother-in-law.
Please any help/advice/referrals on caregivers, her meds, moods, or dementia situation. She takes Aricept & Namenda and now Seroquil.
Also, her doctor is Dr. Weise who scared us with increased death risks from Seroquil. Anyone have Seroquil knowledge or know Dr. Weise from Alexian Bros.? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US!

My father was proscribed both of these drugs and the paxil was a bit of a sledgehammer for him. Did NOTHING for his depression. There just aren't guarantees for anything, least of which, for medications. That may be one of the hardest aspects of healthcare for the elderly. Aricept was ineffective for my father. It seems to be great for my mother. Other medications my mother has taken have been very hard on her physically. She's had to do more work recovering from the meds than she did recovering from her heart attack. However, much of it has helped. My roommate's mom did very well on paxil. It's a crapshoot. Everyone is a little different.