Weejun, I have done that in the past but I think that the news media really overdid their coverage this weekend. Some things just do NOT need to be aired. Our soldiers have small children watching these news reports. I am going to make all the calls again, I keep telling them, that if we hear anything good or bad we will start the calling chain. This is the second deployment and it seems much harder than the first, I am sure it just seems that way since DH is much worse and my step sons childrens are now old enough to listen and understand what the news commentators are saying. Thanks Please keep all our men and women in your prayers.
Perhaps we should send all of our DH's to Afganistan and let Bin Laden's people take care of them. Betcha they'd trade Bin Laden for some respite after only a few weeks.
My DH has been unusually confused and forgetful today. He doesn't remember eating lunch or dinner and didn't remember where we were going when we were on our way to church. He hurt his arm and after I bandaged it, he has asked me 5 times already how he hurt his arm. This is so much worse than he usually is. I looked at the calendar and noticed it was full moon time again. I hope this is the full moon effect and not a drastic slide. Has anyone else noticed anything different today?
Yep, VERY upset that I had to tell him what to do...refused to do anything..didn't even want to visit with our kids...not a happy camper...neither am I :-)
Dazed.............are you kidding me??? We've had a fall, anRN visit and a doctor visit scheduled for tomorrow. He won't eat tonight, has swallowed at most 8 oz of liquid all day long. He wants to see his sweater in this room, but refuses to put it on. Full moon indeed!!!!!!!
definately a decline here as well. my DH starts about 3days out and weans off as it closes -its quite mindboggling the loss in things he can do and the confusion that sets in. nobody can tell me its not moon related. i have charted it now for about 4mos. hes even been unable to lift his legs at times and then gets up on his own like nothing.. so strange.. divvi
So that is the reason for what's happening here. I wish these imagery people who have been hanging around here would go home. He has been upset all day.
I haven't thought about any connections between behaviors, sleep patterns and full moon. But I am seeing a big effect on sleep patterns with the time change. If hubby has an activity or appointment scheduled in the morning, he wakes extra early. Wouldn't you know it----there is something extra happening each morning this week (usually not like that). His body is still on old time so early waking is translating to extra early waking. I was exhausted yesterday because he slept very fitfully the night before. This am he woke and was up at 5. He naps every afternoon (needs that sleep to be able to function rest of the day). I know it will all catch up with him in a week or two but when it does, he is so wiped he goes to bed extra early so the early waking may still occur. Note to self: next year mark on calendar to avoid extra appointments etc. a few days before and after the time changes. He sees the dr. later this week and I will bring this up to the dr. too.
Very little sleep around our house too. He sleeps fitfully, talks in his sleep, gets up 3-4 times in spite of the extra ativan, ...(each time, I have to get up and help him back into the bed.)
I don't know if it's full moon or not, but SOMETHING is different...Bad fall Friday night, stumbed and nearly fell on Saturday, Saturday and Sunday, he felt bad. Up on Monday - and today he stayed in bed all day, white as a sheet. RN came and checked him out head to toe...and said vitals were ok...it was "just the disease"... and that it is expected that he will want to sleep more and more as the weeks and months pass by.
I have had a terrible week, my niece told me it was a fullmoon at the time & DH is effected alot of times when it is full moon. Some of you may have read where I lost my beloved SIL in April well her husband Dh's BIL came to stay & we drove him back home staying with him & his daughter for just over a week about the 5th night we had been there DH informed me I was sleeping with his BIL 2 days later he told his BIL. From then on he was saying things all the time so we came home, since been home he is still saying awful things & crying that he has missed out & thinks I will now leave him. He is going to bed very early & staying awake till I go to bed wanting to make love but he can't. It is starting to get me down as he is wanting me to come back to bed in the mornings as well. I have cried lots as he has broken up a friendship of over 50 yrs for the 4 of us but for himself it is longer as his sister married his best friend from school days. Hope this makes sense as I'm still very upset as nothing happened between us we are both still getting over the death of a wife & dear dear SIL. Now just to add to things people nextdoor are letting off firecrackers DH is saying they are up on our roof doing it now. Dam this dementia devil.
Pat, we have a member (Stunt Girl) whose husband used to accuse her of being with other men in the house while he was there. If she was outside, he thought she was with other men. It drove her crazy. Bless her heart, she had a horrible accident and is now recuperating herself and her husband is in a Nursing Home. I so sympathize with you and your challenges. I don't know if you know your neighbors well enough to be able to share with them how upsetting the firecrackers are to your husband.
When is the Full Moon over? Soon, I hope. Not a happy household here in Indiana. Today, he agreed to nothing, after telling me to go to hell a couple times, I lost my patience, told him to "Go to Hell" He didn't want help with anything, even though he can't do anything, finally agrees. I know it is the disease talking, however, I pray that I don't end up despising him. I think I am just tired of everything right now. Oh Well! Tomorrow is another day.
Full Moon past--another day, maybe 2 and my DH will be back to his normal self. Even with increased meds and a .5 mg ativan he didn't sleep yesterday or last night--up and down like a yo-yo. B**ching about not being able to sleep. Lay down 5 mins. and up again. He went with helper to store (grocery shopping) and Pantry this morning. In bed by 11 a.m. Up for some lunch, and slept part of afternoon. Expect he'll sleep tomorrow, most of day. Until next time.
How's come it's hitting us just when the full moon is over? Dh got up this morning saying he needed to go home, and he hasn't stopped obsessing about this since. He thinks he's got to take the train. I'm afraid he'll get on his bike and go to the metro station, maybe I'd better hide his bike key. Never had to do that before.
Jeanette, It sounds like you are entering the "next" stage. Each stage has it's own problems, that's for sure, and even though we are expecting it, it still is a shock when it actually starts. I think I would hide his bike key just to be on the safe side. I've put special latches on all our gates so DH cannot leave. He goes out and stands by the gate and tries to go out, but can't figure out how to open the latch. I think he is about through that stage, but one never knows. So the latches stay on until he is placed in the AZ facility.
I guess I spoke to soon, regarding my husband being back to his normal self. He woke up fine, however, all of a sudden he was angry about everything. The neighbor lady brought him chocolate chips cookies, as I was chatting & thanking her he walked to the door, in a very mean voice, he told her to leave. I told him he was being rude, he said, he didn't care. I guess the full moon effect is still here.
Keep in mind we had a double whammy with the time change this time. My DH has returned to his normal from the Full Moon, but is still a bit irritable because he's tired. Can't get to sleep when he tries to go to bed. It is improving slowly.. Was confused as to which day it was Friday--shut off my alarm. It's still light in the early evening.
my calendar says wed too. geez you'd think i would have guessed since i had poo duty and bedchanging at 2am last nite! fullmoons mess with DH metabolism too! good luck everyone! divvi
Lucky you--only last night to start. My DH starts having issues about a week before until 3 days after. Plus this time of year his issues escalate. Oh, and guess what folks? There's another Full Moon over New Years. Weds. and the 31st. Lucky us.
Oh, it has definitely started here today! He has been so good the past few weeks - now this! You are right, Kadee - NO to everything. And constantly repeating and/or asking the same question/statement - all day long! I'm weary of trying to keep my cool and just answer for the upteenth time!
Bama, I told him to take the dirty napkin that he had put back into the napkin box out of the box and wipe his mouth with it. <grin> He has begun to hoard dirty napkins from the diner too. I now have a stack of folded paper towels, a stack of partly dirty dinner napkins and two stacks of magazines and a pile of newspapers in the living room.
Are the worms - nightcrawlers - Here, there are worms on top of the ground in some areas, at night, and I think it may be lowlands. People catch them and they are sold as fishing bait. Look like a giant earthworm. Here they sell for like $2.00 a dozen.