My MIL has always been a sleeper but the last couple weeks she has been sleeping probably 20 + hrs a day. She says she is not sleeping but every time I check on her she's sleeping. This was preceeded by about 2 weeks of being mean as a snake. Back up, she has frontal lobe dysfunction... her whole life but we only found out about 4 years ago. The Psychiatrist got her on the right meds and for about a year she's actually been pretty easy going. So...
A month ago she went back to her old mean self and 2 weeks later withdrawn and sleeping all the time.
Anyone have any ideas ?
Do a pill count, see if they have all been taken. Example: once a day Rx filled 20 days ago should have 10 left in the jar. Betcha she skipped some.
I don't know if she is moving in to the next stage or what. Trying to get urine sample to give to nurse when she comes.
Just went through this with my mom, but of course it was totally different. Every dimintia patient is different. I think that is one of the hardest things about the dimintia.