Natural first us always best. Doctors are to eager to apply the quick-fix prescription drug without even knowing or understanding the history of individual patients. My 92-year-old dad went into the ER and the first thing the doc did was give him an antipsychotic. It was horrible. My father had never taken a prescription drug in his life! That dolt almost killed him; he had to be transferred to an interim facility to rehabilitate from the drugs he was given. Once the drugs were out of his system, a course of mega vitamin therapy got him back to being himself. Without medical intervention, he lived to be 97. No thanks to MDs.
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Very interesting comment on LBD, my father was diagnosed with dementia/Alzheimer's. He was prescribed Respiridal even though the doctor qualified it by telling us that patients with dementia passed faster while taking antipsychotics. I was definitely not happy about that. But my brother wanted to try it because my father was seeing spiders and other flying objects all the time. After some research I found that one of the other meds he was taking for sleep were causing him to hallucinate and the Respiridal was making that worse. I stopped both of those meds and put him on a supplement for mental function a precursor to Glutathione and he is doing great. No more hallucinations, no more spiders and no more confusion. He is so much better I wonder why he was given those meds in the first place?????
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There is an additional concern not mentioned in this article that exists regarding giving anti-psychotic medications to people with dementia. People suffering with Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) can experience severely negative consequences if given anti-psychotics such as Haldol. This is particularly worrisome because studies conducted by the Lewy Body Dementia Assn. have shown that approx. 3/4 of LBD patients are initially mis-diagnosed as having Alzheimers, Parkinsons or a psychotic illness.

Lewy Body Dementia is a progressive brain disease and the second most common cause of neurodegenerative dementia after Alzheimer’s disease. Lewy body dementia is a ‘spectrum disorder,’ meaning it can occur alone or in
combination with Parkinson’s disease, or co-exist with Alzheimer’s disease.

LBD symptoms include dementia plus any combination of: unpredictable levels of cognitive abilities, attention and alertness, changes in movement or gait, hallucinations, a sleep disorder where people physically act out their dreams, and severe medication sensitivities.

For more information about LBD, visit the Lewy Body Dementia Assn.'s website: www.lbda.org .
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