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Parkinson's Disease | Last Active: Sep 11 11:14am | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
Replies to "So for the sundowning, trazodone and melatonin worked? For the sundowning, the neurologist prescribed the quetiapine..."
What were the dosages for each? How often taken?
To quote AI: "Neurologically, "sundowners," or sundowning syndrome, is a behavioral disturbance in people with dementia or cognitive impairment characterized by a predictable worsening of confusion, agitation, and other symptoms in the late afternoon or early evening. It's believed to stem from disruptions in the brain's circadian rhythm, increased fatigue, light changes, and potentially medication side effects, leading to symptoms like confusion, anxiety, paranoia, hallucinations, and mood swings."
So all those little naps we've been told to take? disruptions in circadian rhythm. Everybody tends to lump this under Alzheimers or Dementia... maybe it just Looks that way???
My husband died a few years ago with Parkinson's , but until then, he was sundowning to the point that I found him one cold morning laying face down in the dirt with hyptheria and he had to go to the hospital. We live on 22 acres of almost wilderness, so you can see it was scary worrying about him.
On my own volition I started giving him 10 mg of melatonin at 4pm and another 10 mg at 10 pm. He never undowned again except for one time when my son was caring for him and didn't give him the 4pm dose until 6pm.