Helping Those Who Care for Parkinson's Patients
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As I've detailed in several posts over the past few weeks, my mom's inability to sleep at night & strange behavior were very disturbing & difficult for sister & I. She's been taking 50 mg Amitriptiline at bedtime for some time to help her sleep. She started having hallucinations, talking out loud & constantly moving around in bed several months ago & those issues have gotten increasingly worse. Last week her doctor prescribed 12.5 mg Serequol after I called about the fact that mom was awake all night acting wierd. That made her even worse so sister & I decided to take matters into our own hands. We quit giving her either med at bedtime because she wasn't sleeping anyway. It's been less than a week & each night has been a little better than the one before. Mom actually slept for several hours straight night before last & we've seen improvement in her balance during the day. Yesterday mom told us that she hadn't been dizzy all day, a problem she'd been experiencing for some time. We never dreamed all the strange problems were caused by that one medication but it sure looks that way. What irritates me is the fact that her neuro added something to treat the strange behavior instead of taking away the medication that was causing it. Just one more example of how caregivers have to take responsibility for decisions because doctors don't always listen. When we complained about this behavior when mom saw the neuro a month ago he told us it was progression of the disease. Trust your instincts & don't assume the doctors are as on top of things as they should be! |
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my husband dose this and has for a very long time. some nights are worse than others. h will actually get upand act out his dreams. they say he has no rem sleep he takes nothing for sleep well we haven't found anything to work. Glad yiu all have worked it out hope it keeps getting better. |