Pearl,
Ive been reading this post with great interest. My mother has a form of dementia that mimics Alzheimers but they say she doesnt have Alzheimers; her doctor says the dementia is brought on by a series of small strokes. Along with the Alzheimers symptoms on occasion she goes off on these tangents and becomes a total loon.
She had one of her spells not too long ago, my step-dad called and we took her to the hospital. I usually stay with her but I needed to go home, take a shower and get a fresh change of clothes. While I was gone she screamed at the nurse to get out of her room and was climbing on the furniture to get away from the nurse. The nurse left the room because she was afraid my mom would fall and hurt herself trying to stay away from her. They said my mom cursed at them and told them if they came back in her room she would kill them. She locked her hospital door and wouldnt open it until I got there; thank God she opened it for me. I never knew hospital rooms had locks on the doors.
After a couple of days in this state of total lunacy my mom will suddenly come back and be her old self. We can take her home and she will be fine for weeks or months until whatever happens to makes her go off the deep end again. She has no memory of what happened or of anything she does while she is in this state. My mom is a very soft-spoken, gentle person; the person who comes in and takes her place for a few days at a time is mean and violent.
It sounds to me like your neighbor may be suffering from the same form of dementia as my mom. There are meds that can be prescribed that slow the progression of the dementia and also can help lesson the severity of the symptoms.
My mom doesnt have any neighbors or Im sure there would be a potential for problems as you are describing; especially if she were not being treated by a competent Neurologist as she is.
Ive been reading this post with great interest. My mother has a form of dementia that mimics Alzheimers but they say she doesnt have Alzheimers; her doctor says the dementia is brought on by a series of small strokes. Along with the Alzheimers symptoms on occasion she goes off on these tangents and becomes a total loon.
She had one of her spells not too long ago, my step-dad called and we took her to the hospital. I usually stay with her but I needed to go home, take a shower and get a fresh change of clothes. While I was gone she screamed at the nurse to get out of her room and was climbing on the furniture to get away from the nurse. The nurse left the room because she was afraid my mom would fall and hurt herself trying to stay away from her. They said my mom cursed at them and told them if they came back in her room she would kill them. She locked her hospital door and wouldnt open it until I got there; thank God she opened it for me. I never knew hospital rooms had locks on the doors.
After a couple of days in this state of total lunacy my mom will suddenly come back and be her old self. We can take her home and she will be fine for weeks or months until whatever happens to makes her go off the deep end again. She has no memory of what happened or of anything she does while she is in this state. My mom is a very soft-spoken, gentle person; the person who comes in and takes her place for a few days at a time is mean and violent.
It sounds to me like your neighbor may be suffering from the same form of dementia as my mom. There are meds that can be prescribed that slow the progression of the dementia and also can help lesson the severity of the symptoms.
My mom doesnt have any neighbors or Im sure there would be a potential for problems as you are describing; especially if she were not being treated by a competent Neurologist as she is.
