Geez your plate is full dealing with all that if you want someone to talk to feel free to message me or add me as a friend....it helps to have someone to talk to thats dealing with dementia❤️

Thank you. This is all new to me. We see a new neurologist next week. He is taking aricept and supplements. He sleeps a lot more than he used to. He thinks I pick on him. In a way I do. But because I am concerned. It's very hard on us both.

My fathers dr was the one that destroyed my fathers license..perhaps your husbands dr will have to do the same if there is a problem there

I am keeping as close of an eye on him as I can. I am having him drive to church tomorrow with me. He seems agitate tonight, talking about the future, does not want to make any decisions about much of anything. Does not want to discuss finances or my hopefully upcoming retirement. Change is not in his vocabulary.

He is going to have a driving cognitive test per new Dr. Like this new doctor. He was told not to drive until tested. I downloaded Uber app to his phone. My son thinks I am over reacting and that I am causing his distress because I view him under a microscope. I know I am not wrong. It is hard to be criticized by your kids. They don't see anything wrong.

I found Alzheimer's to be a very difficult illness to bear.... Are you involved in a RL support group?

I understand not wanting to talk about things that are life altering and unpleasant but unfortunately sometimes it's necessary

It's great you are dealing with this with both your husband and his doctor.... It's wonderful that you have a new doctor that you have faith in

The thing with a car is it's about 3000 pounds of metal and it's imperative to be safe for everyone's sake so I agree not to minimize a potential disaster.... Maybe your kids are blinding themselves to what may happen if you aren't vigilant

The test will let you all know if driving is okay now or it isn't

Big squishy hug....I know how hard this is......xo

Sorry I see that you aren't able to make a RL support group.....A group may be able to refer you to an evening group.....xo

So many things going on right now. Thank you for your support. He started Namanda. It seems to help. Beer out of house. Taking day by day

Wow. Sounds like me. I've been in a dark place in my mind for three days. I find myself getting angry. I've never been that kind of person. Dealing with my husband's short term memory loss is something I don't handle well. His world gets smaller and mine larger.

I know that I need to keep my friends close, and do social things with others. I have been reminding him that when we are out with people, especially in a restaurant, that he must be patient and not criticize. That is his new thing, nothing is good enough, gets embarrassig. It seems better when I remind him to calm down.

Honeycrisp, Has your husband been given a sleep study to see if he has sleep apnea? My husband was put on Aricept because the doctor said he had Alzheimer's. We switched doctors. They enrolled him in a study by Medicare which provided a special brain MRI. There were no tangled masses indicative of Alzheimer's. So a sleep study was done. He stopped breathing 20 times a minute. This lack of oxygen is like drowning. You get brain damage. The MRI shows parts of the brain gone, including in the hippocampus. This damage is permanent. He uses a CPAP now. But there is the short term memory loss and the imaging things..It's tough to watch someone fade away.

Also I highly recommend a Brain Health Doctor instead of a neurologist.