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Can early dementia be treated or is the medication just a band-aid?
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∙ 7y ago
Dementia is a form of Alzheimer's and no, there is no cure, but medications can slow the process down. This only works if it's caught early enough.
My mother had Dementia for at least 20 years and I'm sad to say we all thought she was becoming a bitter old lady. We weren't aware of Dementia. Eventually she landed in the hospital where the doctor "pink slipped" her. This means because of her age, she also was diabetic and a danger to herself we were able to get her into a nursing home. Just before she entered the nursing home the hospital sent her to Valleyview Hospital (psychiatric hospital) to evaluate her and put her on a medication called Respiridol. In approx. 3 weeks my mother was almost her old self. We were happy to have her back! Of course because she was in her mid-80's we had no recourse but to leave her in the nursing home. My brother and I took turns visiting my mother and she was fortunate to have had us there 6 days out of 7. We were blessed to enjoy our mother once again and she was blessed to recognize us and enjoy our presents.
If you go on Google and write in "information on dementia", you will learn much. Understanding this terrible disease will help you and family cope better.
Dementia untreated makes the person become extremely paranoid, turn on family members, forget to pay bills, forget to take medications or even eat at times. The can lash out at the ones they love, accuse you of stealing and in their minds this is really happening.
This disease is so unfair and the person that has it is virtually a prisoner in their own bodies/minds. As frustrating as it can be, please have patience.
Answer also: Symptoms can possibly be treated by different medications and therapies, but there really is no cure. Dealing with individuals who have this life altering disease requires a lot of love and empathy on the part of others. If you see personality changes in the sufferer, just remember, it's not the real person you know and love, but the disease that has changed them. Be strong of heart, best to you.
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