The other day I was in the other room for a few minutes and I heard from the other room a voice that I didn't recognize and I heard my DH say "OK, where are you, shoe, I am going to give you until the count of 3 and then he proceeded to count...I went closer to his room but out of eye shot and my DH was stooped over in the middle of the room in front of his bed and when he got to 3 I quietly (because I did't want to startle him) asked him what he was looking for and he said his shoe so I asked him what does the shoe he is looking for look like so he showed me the one he had. At the same time he did that he looked down and found the other one in the same spot that he was looking. Was he hallucinating and is it possible that he thought that the shoe would be able to talk back to him. He talks to himself a lot and I don't think anything of that because sometimes I even do that but this was different. Has anyone else had something like this happen?
in my experience nothing is out of the ballpark when referrring to this disease. there has been alot of hallucinating over the yrs. remember my DH just loved talking and laughing with the statues in our home. grin... it was quite the entertainment for me as i always would just go with the flow and not try to deter. the man in the mirror was a good friend here too. mine still loves to look at tabloids with bikini clad girls and kisses the pics! awww.. i wouldnt be too worried unless he becomes aggitated or aggressive. then you may want to tell his dr and they will up the anty with meds to try to help. hang in there. just play along is the best remedy. divvi
I listened to one of the residents at the nursing home the other night talking to her arm. She told her arm that it hurt really bad and that she would really like it if it would please stop hurting.
Oh Lord!........... I am in trouble.....just last week I walked through the house saiyng "OK, Car keys, where are you???" I talk to my dog, and more and more, I say things like, "OK, I'm ready to leave, do I have everything I need?"... Now I did NOT give my keys "to the count of 3" to identify themselves. (grin)
Nancy B, I do the same thing. I often talk to things. And they tend not to say anything back. And as I leave the house I will ask what ever pet is in the living room to watch the house for me. And so far they have done a good job:) House is still standing. I have read that talking out loud helps you to remember things. Anyways that is my story.
Shortly after we got married my wife told me that we had to get either a dog or a baby, since she talked to herself and she didn't want the neighbors thinking she was crazy. We got the dog. Babies came later.
Thank you everyone. I was wondering if I was "next". When my son was a little boy, he had a little doctor kit. Little bag, stethoscope, bandaid, little hammer to check reflexes, etc. He would check someone over, heave a heavy sigh, and say, "I'm afraid you've got IT!" "IT" has been our family diagnosis when we don't feel well, but are not necessarily sick. We'll say, "Aww, I think I've just got "IT"." You folks had me thinking I reeeeely had "IT".
blue, I used to call talking to oneself being in "accounting mode" because every accountant I've ever known, including me when I was doing accounting, talked to themselves and the ledgers. I did it when I was programming too, but I don't know if other people talk to themselves and the computers when they are programming, or if it was just me because of the accounting background.
Thank god I am not alone with this talking to myself thingy..woohoo what a relief. I think I have been talking to myself these past couple of years because there now is so little conversation of meaningful topics with DH..if I am not repeating myself for his sake I am trying to keep myself on track . Some days I think I am schitzophrenic! cant even spell that word..
At the time, I never thought I would find myself smiling while remembering any of our AD times.... but here I sit with a smile on my face remembering the night Pinocchio came to dinner!! Wow, what a night that was! At the time it was scary, it was his first "way out there" hallucination. As with everything else in our AD world, I adapted and adjusted. Today I would just set an extra plate for Lynn's "guest" lol
I talk to my dogs ALL the time! And if I feel they are ignoring me, I talk to myself LOL :D
I talk to my dogs and cats all the time. They are always around and ready to listen. And they never talk back. I think more people do it than we know. I also talk to my car. I don't know why I do it. I have always like being around people, but with my job and life itself I find most of the time I am alone. Now even with my DH I am even more alone so to speak. So I guess by talking to the pets and other things, I don't feel so alone. Boy, that just sounds sad.
Thank you so much everyone. Nikki, I think you are very right about how it is a matter of adjusting and adapting. Even now that I have been reading all of your comments I am laughing at how funny it was. I really think that is the only way we are going to get through this. You had me laughing so hard about Pinnochio coming for dinner. Even though it was probably not funny at the time but now you go with the flow and even make a place at the table for him. That represents so well how we can deal with all of this. I talk to myself too because I don't have anyone to talk to but I just figured since I don't have dementia(as far as I know) that it wasn't a negative thing. So far he has not been aggitated or aggressive that much.