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Dealing with a Spouse with a “Mild Cognitive Impairment”
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@islanders1952 Sounds like he has sundown syndrome, most often related to some type of dementia and the neurologist should help you get a proper diagnosis and make some reccomendations. If the wait is long for the neurologist, consult his primary care physician. Some medications could make this worse (opiods for pain, sedatives, sleeping pills). But it is important to get a thorough neurologic evaluation (possibly neuropsychological testing) and a diagnosis. Good luck.
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@wctdoc1943 Thank you for sharing. My husband first has the sundown issue 2 years ago in the hospital where he went to the ER for the extreme back pain and they administered opiods. We now know he has no tolerance for those meds and it is in his file. He does not take any of the others you mentioned. We did go to primary care 2 days ago and all the doctor did was refer us to the neurologist. It is a Feb. 10th appointment. Thanks again for answering me. It is most helpful.