A couple of weeks ago I added 1/2 of 25mg of Seroquel after getting the okay from the neuro to add 25mg to DH's night dose. After about 4 nights I stopped it because I thought he was sleeping way too much. As of tonight he will be going back on the 1/2 dose. I am sick to death of him going on about the yard. This afternoon it was "they had refused to work on our yard". I asked him who had refused but he couldn't remember. No kidding, he couldn't remember because it never happened. I am to the point I don't care if he sleeps more at least I won't have to listen to his hallucinations/paranoia. We really got into it and as usual he said "Well you can take care of it". I told him why not I take care of everything else. He got mad and of course I did. Right now he is in his room and I hope he is sleeping. I will wake him up when dinner is ready. I am not prepared to go through this every few days. If the half dose doesn't work I will try the 25mg. Thanks for listening.
jean i am sorry to hear hes on another tangent. its seeming his 'worse; trait with the dementia is halucinating and paranoias. my DH was pacing, and escape artist among other things that drove me crrazy. i believe each of these 'buggers' (like nikki affectionately calls them) has something thats exclusive to their type of illness that seems to run amuk more than other symptoms. yours surely seems to be this. if upping the dose is what he needs to calm down til he adjusts i think you are correct in taking that action. he may adjust and then be better once the higher dose is in his system. good luck! divvi
My dh also was paranoid and angry until I thought I was going to have a stroke I was so upset.
First his neuro put him on seroquel and that helped. He did sleep a lot but I was glad of that. But, he was still very angry and the neuro put him on Risperidone and he is no longer angry. He takes both drugs now. He still sleeps alot but that is OK.
Don't worry about the sleeping be glad that he is doing that at least you get some peace and that is very important. I would suggest you go back to the full dose.
JudithKB, DH takes 50mg of Seroquel at night, the extra 1/2 of the 25mg is my idea. The neuro said I could add the 25mg but I didn't want to overdo it. If this doesn't work I will change it to the 25mg.
Divvi, It's always good to get input from our veteran pro! Thanks.