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My husband just started Aricept: Is it normal that he is dizzy?

Posted by lg2688 @lg2688, Aug 11 8:54am

My husband just started Aricept he is dizzy is that normal?

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grandmajoan | @grandmajoan | Aug 14 6:15am
In reply to @labrown "@lydiasantee My husband was on Memantine (Namenda) for nearly four years until we realized the paranoia..." + (show)
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@lydiasantee My husband was on Memantine (Namenda) for nearly four years until we realized the paranoia and hallucinations he experienced started after he started the medication. He is now off of it and only wears the Rivastigmine patch for memory. I can’t see where either have helped. Everyone has different reactions to meds, good and bad.

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@labrown Yes…I wasn’t clear in my post. My husband is also using the Rivastigmine patches. We opted out of the infusions because he is at risk for brain bleeds.

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lg2688 | @lg2688 | Aug 14 10:44am

It is out of my control when my husband gets angry... Yells at me, He has always had anger issues.

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skjm3 | @skjm3 | Aug 15 7:16am

What type of Dementia does your DH have? Mine has early Vascular Dementia. He is also on the Rivastigmine. He has no side effects. He was on the aircept, but was changed to Rivastigmine 4.6 MG/24HR about a year ago- just this week his dosage was increased Rivastigmine (EXELON) a higher dose. Due to lesser ADL (activities in daily living). Best wishes - and prayers.

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lg2688 | @lg2688 | Aug 16 12:06pm
In reply to @lydiasantee "Does memantine work? No one has mentioned it tobus" + (show)
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Does memantine work? No one has mentioned it tobus

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@lydiasantee Thank you

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | 16 hours ago
In reply to @lydiasantee "Does memantine work? No one has mentioned it tobus" + (show)
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Does memantine work? No one has mentioned it tobus

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@lydiasantee, welcome. Are you caring for someone living with MCI or a form of dementia? How are you doing?

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lydiasantee | @lydiasantee | 16 hours ago
In reply to @colleenyoung "@lydiasantee, welcome. Are you caring for someone living with MCI or a form of dementia? How..." + (show)
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@lydiasantee, welcome. Are you caring for someone living with MCI or a form of dementia? How are you doing?

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@colleenyoung
My husband. Advanced Parkinson’s with dementia. I also work as a dementia caregiver. Never thought this would happen to us

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boppi | @boppi | 1 hour ago
In reply to @carolreid "@lydiasantee My husband has been on Aricept since 2014 and his doctor added Namenda a couple..." + (show)
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@lydiasantee
My husband has been on Aricept since 2014 and his doctor added Namenda a couple of years later. He had nausea from the Aricept for about a week but it went away and has not returned. I have no idea what effect either of the drugs have had but his decline has been very slow. A recent blood test rules out Alzheimer's so maybe his decline would have been slow anyway. He is 78 now.

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What blood test did he have that ruled out alzheimer’s. We were told Jim has Vascular Dementia with a touch of azheimer’s and primary progressive aphasia.

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carolreid | @carolreid | 14 minutes ago
In reply to @boppi "@carolreid What blood test did he have that ruled out alzheimer’s. We were told Jim has..." + (show)
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@carolreid
What blood test did he have that ruled out alzheimer’s. We were told Jim has Vascular Dementia with a touch of azheimer’s and primary progressive aphasia.

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@boppi
The blood test was the
p-Tau217.

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