My mom is getting worse, remembers for about 30 seconds asks again. When I can't stand it any more I try to change the subject. I'm wondering if we should just take her off these meds. Dr suggested increasing dosage but since I have never seen them really help in the past 2 years I said no. Thoughts?
There is no way you can predict a decline.
There is no way you can tell how fast the decline would have been with or without the medication.
And to top it off at a certain point the medication will no longer work. The decline has gotten to a point where the meds will not help, if they were to begin with.
All you can do in your best judgement is make a call.
There is no right or wrong decision here.
Yes there will be a decline but will it be faster than before or not? No way to tell.
There is nothing that will reverse the dementia so even if a cure came tomorrow there will be, for many of us, the slow decline of our loved one.
So ultimately it is your decision to take her off the medications. The result will be the same on or off the medications it is just a matter of time.
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