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And Medication For Alzheimer’s Help Revive One’s Memory Or A Short Duration Of Time?
Hi, My mom was hospitalized with a heart condition, and out of sudden she started showing signs like: seeing things, seeing little kids, thinking that everyone wanted to hurt her, aggressiveness, yelling/screaming incoherent things, etc. She was taken to a neurologist and right away was diagnosed with alzheimer, and put on meds. She started taking the pills, and about 6 weeks later (from when she got the symptoms), one morning she just woke up back to herself. She didn t understand what happened to her, feeling as she just woke up from a long dream. Since then all her symptoms just went away completely. Only that she seemed to have lost a lot of memory, but more like someone that have had a temporary amnesia. Slowly, she started remembering everything. Now she is literally back to her normal self. I just never knew that alzheimer pills can do that for someone, and I wonder if she was just misdiagnosed, and should be taken off her pills. I feel uncomfortable telling her Dr. that I think she was misdiagnosed. What should I do.
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
Hi,
I think this is a peculiar situation. With due regards to your neurologist, the symptoms you described, like seeing things or kids are visual hallucinations. Symptoms like some one is trying to hurt her are paranoid features. Also, behavior symptoms or incoherent speech, all point to a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
She, might be suffering from both conditions like schizophrenia with Alzheimer. You, have not written the name of medicine, she was given. Might be she might have given some drug, which might be helping her in her symptoms of Schizophrenia also.
As, she has been relieved of her symptoms of schizophrenia as well as Alzheimer by this drug, hence it will not be a wise decision to stop the drug without consulting your doctor. Rather, I advise you to take the opinion of a psychiatrist also and you are advised to follow the decision of collectively taken by both- your neurologist and your psychiatrist.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Satnarain Bansal, General & Family Physician
I think this is a peculiar situation. With due regards to your neurologist, the symptoms you described, like seeing things or kids are visual hallucinations. Symptoms like some one is trying to hurt her are paranoid features. Also, behavior symptoms or incoherent speech, all point to a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
She, might be suffering from both conditions like schizophrenia with Alzheimer. You, have not written the name of medicine, she was given. Might be she might have given some drug, which might be helping her in her symptoms of Schizophrenia also.
As, she has been relieved of her symptoms of schizophrenia as well as Alzheimer by this drug, hence it will not be a wise decision to stop the drug without consulting your doctor. Rather, I advise you to take the opinion of a psychiatrist also and you are advised to follow the decision of collectively taken by both- your neurologist and your psychiatrist.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Satnarain Bansal, General & Family Physician
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