Hello @gerimickler and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. It is so understandable to feel isolated when caring for your husband. It is also so great that you recognized the need to reach out to get support for yourself.

You will notice that I have moved your post into a fantastic and very active discussion specific for caregivers caring for family with dementia. You can click here to see where your post is now: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/caregiving-for-dementia-sufferers

The main reason I wanted to bring your post here is to help you connect more quickly with members such as @IndianaScott who started this discussion as well as members such as @billchitwood @janet7 and @raebaby who can all relate to needing connections as they are also caregivers.

Has anything changed recently that has you feeling particularly more isolated or is it just a build up over time?

Hello, @gerimickler I'm Scott and I, too, found Connect while in the throes of caregiving-imposed isolation. For me, the isolation and singular focus on the overwhelming needs of my wife, were one of the toughest things to cope with.

For me, Connect really helped me feel far less isolated. I could reach out with a question, cry, vent, tell a story, or ask for hints and hacks to deal with caregiving at any time of the day or night -- whenever I had a few seconds to sit at the computer. It may have been electronic, but it was a lovely way I could feel less alone.

How long have you been caregiving, if I might ask?

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