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Delirium, Dementia & Other Cognitive Disorders

Are you you worried you may have dementia, or have you recently been diagnosed? Or is a loved-one dealing with delirium, Dementia, and other cognitive disorders? You can ask questions, look for info and discuss coping mechanisms here.

Is there anything else that can be prescribed for dementia besides hydromorphone?

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My 83 old father is in a care home with dementia.....he has complained of back and leg pain (I'm sure he has lewy body dementia as he has quite a curved upper back and leans to one side) so his Dr. has prescribed hydromorphone is small doses.  He has been getting this for about a month and...

by User avatar Renay347967

Parkinson Medication, doctor made some changes and I am really bad

I have been on medication for parkinsons since the last 4 years.My doc made some changes in the medication and my condition has become bad. He stopped some medicines abruptly and started new ones. My condition is becoming worse.

by User avatar Guest

I see things that aren't there

I have seen shadows move. One time I was watching my brother and sister, and my sister and I were sitting on the floor making bracelets when I saw something black go down her arm and go to the floor. It almost had the quality of a feather but when I looked at the ground nothing was there. I asked my...

by User avatar Guest

Early onset dementia - college project

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Early onset dementia I am doing a project on this any help welcome hi, im doing an health access course and have a big project to do.I am doing it on early onset dementia but i need to have a research question in it so i can discuss both sides. i am stuck and panicking now as my project proposal has...

by User avatar chrissy1318788

early onset Dementia/frontemporal dementia

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my nephew was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia as a 10 week old baby and subsequently was treated and had bone marrow transplant as well as chemotherapy during his first year, he now has some of the behaviours that are mentioned in the research into dementia and i was wondering is he has infact...

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Severe cold feet and spots on the soul of the feet

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Medication: 150 mg amitriptyline came off this January this year, 2mg diazepam taken daily help control panic attacks, still on this Large metal plate hit my head (accident at work 12 years ago), short term memory loss, have worked on this, every day read something, what I learnt or remember...

by User avatar 1exicon256531

Lewey body dementia

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My husband is 53 years old and unfortunately not living with me. I cannot take care of his needs and have to work full time. He was diagnosed over two years ago with lewey boy dementia and has declined rapidly. If I understand the stages correctly for this disease - he is in between th 6 th and 7th...

by User avatar SueGalStp250052

Dementia evaluation 82 year old woman

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Does it make sense to any medical professional that a psychiatrist would declare an 82 year old woman "chronic dementia" when she has been on morphine for 8 straight days to lessen the pain of an automobile accident.  The woman lived alone was lucid in conversation up until the hospital stay,...

by User avatar Guest

New company creats interactive remote control programs for dementia

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Hi, Take a look at Memory Programs. They are remote control television activity games that engage individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of Dementia. Staff observations in care facilities are showing less wandering, better behaviors, and a more productive environments for nursing...

by User avatar Guest

loss of appitite in care homes for the elderly

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Hi, I am a chef manager in a care home for dementia patients and am alarmed by four consecutive months of weight loss amongst some of them. We supply three hot meals per day with multiple choices, finger snacks ( sausage rolls, pizza fingers, cakes, fruit, sandwiches, quiche, chicken dippers,...

by User avatar jamiehenshall55