Last week, Mom went to her neurologist and he told her he thought she was showing signs of Parkinson's Disease, so started her on medication for that. She forgot to talk to him about her memory problems, so she did that today at her primary care doctor, who administered a memory test, and came up with mild cognitive impairment (early Alzheimers), and started her on Aricept. Is it possible to have both Parkinson's & Alzheimer's or is it more likely to be Parkinson's dementia? And if it is Parkinson's dementia, will the Aricept help?
You are doing it right, to let her do what she can for herself, but supervise, supervise, supervise....more hugs and prayers headed your way.
She just now came in and told me that she was going to take her Aricept (we agreed today that she was going to notify me when she was taking pills, because she has been forgetting to take some). I told her that she had already taken it today, and she said, "Oh, I'm supposed to take it 3x/day". I told her that was her Parkinson's medication, not the Aricept, so we went back together to check (she didn't believe me) and found out that she was about to overdose herself. I hate that this is starting.
Thank you for the hugs, hopes and prayers. I think I'm going to need them.