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Did medication help symptoms of Vascular Dementia?
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Sep 6 6:40pm | Replies (46)Comment receiving replies
My wife has vascular dementia. she had a big stroke about 2 yrs ago and her mental abilities went down after that. We are on a steady plane now waiting for next stroke to happen. I have her on menmantine 20 mg and galantamine 24 mg daily. Also plavix and asa for blood thinning.The meds did not change my wife's personallity at all. There are some studies that show men and gal together work better than men or gal by itself. I do not know if it makes my wife better or not. If I take her off of meds and she gets worse, she will not get back to her plane of living even if I put her vback on them. thus the problem. You will have to read the studies and decide for yourself. Just skip to the decussion part of the results. Make sure the dates are the latest ones. Earlier studies show no effect.
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Please don't, just wait for the next stroke. My wife is similar but also has Factor V blood disorder, which complicates it more. I spent thousands of hours reading, researching, watching videos, talking to Johns Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic, UNC Memory Care, counseling with Pamela D. Wilson in Colorado, blogging, nutritionists, brain nutritionists on and on and on and on.
Do Something. Get Proactive! You will both benefit.
Read my Post on July 11th. I developed a six-point plan. My wife didn't just slow progression; she got better. Not well, but better. I'm not just saying that. Her Neurologist notes say "She seems to be getting better" a year after I started my Proactive approach.
If the axons/cells are dead, you can't do anything, but they aren't ALL dead. Those can possibly repair, regenerate. I'm not saying things will ever be what they were before, but they can at least slow, considerably, and probably stop, and may heal some. Anything is better than what we have now.....Right?
What I do for my wife takes time. It's work, it's hard to keep up with, but it's worth it, she's worth it. I work full time, from home now, and I can do it. Blood is the central focus. Get the blood flowing, keep the cholesterol down down down, exercise her brain. Just look at what I do. It works! On number 5 my self I spelled Specialization. It should say ... Socialization. Socialization is very important. It involves most of the other 6 points. When you socialize, her pulse rate goes up, her brain exercises, she connects to speech patterns.
Whatever you do........Don't just wait on the next stroke. I don't know what the next day holds, but I do know that when I got Proactive and didn't just look to the doctors for the cookie-cutter answers, my wife had a better chance. I follow what the Neurologists say, but I treat that as the minimum we can do. Our PCP, we've had over 28 years, and consider a friend said, "You realize you're watching Karen die"? I thought... The heck I am, let's go get well baby!! That was two years ago and now she's better but not because of waiting on the doctors or the next stroke.
We all have to handle our situation the best we can, and what's best for our loved one. My way may not be your way but it's working for us.