I have not had to use sedatives for my sister. She was taking melatonin at night when she moved in along with a diabetes med. I read on here that if you have Alzheimer's the dementia gets worse and when you stop it gets better. I had her wean off both over two months and cook "real" food again and she has done super. No more diabetes at all. A1C normal. She sleeps great.

<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>@colleenyoung<br>I hope this gets to you I tried to respond on the site, but I am not very good at this system.  All I know about Alzheimer I learned when my father had the illness and that was in the late 1980's and early 1990's.  At that time there was not much medication<br> for anyone who had Alzheimer's.  In addition to my father, his sister and one brother had the illness, but they lived in his home country.  Dad did not want to have the disease so when there was a chance for him to get out of it I let him take it, due to a<br> related fatal illness.<br>There are better medications today, but if I were to get the illness I think I would rather go the way my Dad did, if I had the chance.  Sorry I can not help more. 19lin<br><br><br><br><br>

Hi @19lin, I got your message. Thank you. I will send you a private message regarding your issues responding on the site. Please note that the message you wrote did get posted on the site in the flow of the discussion. Click this link to see it http://mayocl.in/2ffHBwv.

Thank you for sharing honestly about your father.

You helped me tons! Thank you. Lots to think about without making decisions before I have to. But when I have to I'll have thought it through. Thank you.