My 73 yr. old Mom has a boatload of health issues with her heart, lungs, kidneys, tumor in her retina, and so on. She takes a ton of meds and for years has had issues falling asleep, anytime, anywhere. She can fall asleep in mid sentence or while eating. Her head goes all the way to her lap. The Drs have said its from all her meds.
Lately, she wakes up and will say things like - "I have to get the bingo cards" or ask for weird things. I do not live near here and only found this out this morning when my sister was filling me in on things. She thinks Mom might be having dementia or early alzheimers. My fear it is is something else.
I am trying to look up possible things that could cause that and am finding nothing. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thank you!!
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ROFL!!!
People say things comtaining information that is blatantly false, tell of actions that inaccurately describe history, background and present situations. They are coherent, internally consistent, and appear relatively normal. This despite contradicting evidence. This is distinct from lying because there is typically no intent to deceive and the person is unaware that the information is false. It seems that Alzheimer's / Dementia is fraught with confabulation speak.
You can find one who specializes in the elderly by googling American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. Since it's a dotcom website, if I put a link here, they'll take it out. Many doctors prescribe medication dosages that are appropriate for younger people without understanding the effects on seniors, who metabolize meds more slowly. A senior-care pharmacist can assess all of that.
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