I feel like there are times of clarity during a day but then she (87 YO mom) will ask me something completely off like first thing in the morning she asks if it’s almost bed time. It just seems like a wave, up and down all day. She has a lot of issues with time of day, month and day of week. I guess I’m just asking if I am imagining things or if it happens in waves. I also believe she kind of hides her confusion sometimes. She will occasionally talk about me in the third person and then when I tell her I’m Grace. She kind of brushes it off and ignores it, wondering if that is common. Thanks all!
Obviously we all prefer the good days.
For example, Friday and Saturday were very good days for my wife who has dementia. We had normal conversations, etc. Today, starting at 5:30 am, she became very, very restless. She can not sit still. She’s made umpteen trips from the living room down the hall to the bathroom making u-turns and coming back. Wash, rinse, repeat. This has happened before; she’ll calm down sooner or later. No uti.
Last Tuesday I drove mom to Bingo. The whole trip takes les than 5 minutes. She was mad b/c people weren't flying the flag for flag day (it was July 13). I said "Because it's NOT flag day" and she wouldn't let go of it.
Picked her up and hour later and showed her a calendar and said "Mom, flad day was June 14th" and she said "Do you think I'm stupid? I KNOW when flag day is".
It's liek banging your head against the wall--the frustration is so great. I think her thought process just floats in and out of her head with no reasoning whatsoever.
Kindred spirit, p
Welcome to the insane world of cognitive challenges. :-)