She suffered from extreme anxiety when husband and son died from COVID-19 in April. This anxiety was expressed as knee pain that no amount of pain medication could relieve. The pain was managed when anxiety meds were increased.
If she was taking opioids, those on their own can cause severe itching. With dementia, there is no rhyme or reason for why a person does anything. You are always just trying to stay one step ahead--frustrating, I know.
I'd go along with a change of anxiety meds. Often those will be enough to deal with a problem that seems to have no underlying cause. Anxiety at any stage of life is awful!
I'd go along with a change of anxiety meds. Often those will be enough to deal with a problem that seems to have no underlying cause. Anxiety at any stage of life is awful!