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Frequent Deja vu that feels real to my husband

Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Apr 9 3:56pm | Replies (15)

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@rubyredkate

Thank you for posting the seizure article. Very insightful for me. Although my husband is treated for petit seizures, perhaps he is experiencing a subtle seizure that manifests itself in deja vu. He regularly says Ive been here, I’ve seen this, i remember going to this place or that. But its all false, and i no longer say anything back. MCI diagnosis 14 years ago. He is still very functional each day which Ive finally come to count as huge blessing instead of fighting about everything.
We have no neurologist at this time. Many do not specialize in dementia so its not worth going to them. For now i just wait for the next symptom to hit him and pray im up to the task.

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@rubyredkate Thank you for your comment. I'd like to highlight something you said about not making a comment when your husband experiences déjà vu. For a person with dementia or MCI it's better for communication and for the relationship if you go along with what the person said even if you know it is incorrect. This can actually be a conversation starter such as "tell me about this place", or "is there more about that TV show you'd like to share?" or something like that. I don't think there is a safety issue here so why not go along?