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My husband has dementia/Alzheimer's and is experiencing tremendous head chatter. He hears/thinks events, conversations happen that never did. He is frantic about making a mistake when we are all very patient and kind to him. He says I make him very anxious, so I try to stay in the background as much as possible. We live with friends, husband and wife, who help me take care of my husband. Is all the head chatter part of this disease? Does it last until the person dies? Does it calm down if the person goes to a home? His memory seems to decline every day, but he is physically capable. The only people I have been around with this disease lost their memory but were not angry or frantic and hallucinating conversations that never happened.

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You need to get his doctor involved now. Any time new behavior crops up and manifests itself with anxiety and agitation of this magnitude, its important to notify the doctor. He may want to check for a UTI or run other diagnostic tests, etc. Meds may need to be prescribed to calm your husband down from this mind chatter. Things won't necessarily improve if he's moved into Memory Care Assisted Living.....he has to be stabilized first so he can function at home or in managed care. Anger issues and hallucinations shouldn't have to plague him no matter where he lives.

You may want to download a 33 page booklet called Understanding the Dementia Experience by Jennifer Ghent Fuller. It's an excellent resource for you to learn about Alzheimer's from your husband's perspective.

Also the Alz.org website is a great resource with lots of information about AD along with an 800 phone number to call for advice,

Best of luck to you
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A mild anti-anxiety medication could help. The anxiety is no fun for him either. In this case, it is a medical condition that needs treatment.
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Always report new symptoms to his doctor. A urine test and/or blood test can nip many an avoidable problem in the bud; and even if there's nothing to find you're still no worse off.
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