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Suggest Treatment For Elderly Having Hallucination, Aggression And Irregular Sleeping And Eating Habits
This is regarding my grandmother. She is 85+, physiclly fit, but at times she forgets where she is and who are people around her, she goes back in years and thinks she is liveing in some other decade. At times she gets very aggressive and starts abusing or hurtying others physically. She sleeps at odd hours and wakes up at odd hours, plus she wants food all the time. Other people in the house are not able to sleep peacefully. How can she be treated
Tue, 28 Oct 2014
Hi,
Thanks for asking.
Based on your query, my opinion is as follows.
1. It appears she is suffering from dementia, possibly Alzheimers.
2. She will require a neurological evaluation to assess the degree of dementia.
3. Meet a psychiatrist or a neurologist for appropriate evaluation and medication. Its a serious issue and progress can be slowed down. She will require family and social support.
Hope it helps.
Any further queries, happy to help again.
Thanks for asking.
Based on your query, my opinion is as follows.
1. It appears she is suffering from dementia, possibly Alzheimers.
2. She will require a neurological evaluation to assess the degree of dementia.
3. Meet a psychiatrist or a neurologist for appropriate evaluation and medication. Its a serious issue and progress can be slowed down. She will require family and social support.
Hope it helps.
Any further queries, happy to help again.
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