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Easily exhausted: Anyone else's partner/patient experience this?
My husband, (MCI & CAA, brain microbleeds) is now able to eat again and the sudden decline when he had pneumonia has stabilized so that he can visit people who come to see him and he can hold onto a conversation briefly. He can dress himself, is unable to drive, and cannot handle any financial issues. He says if he does one thing, like have a long phone conversation, or try to organize his notes, it leaves him totally exhausted and unable to do anything but rest. Does anyone else have this experience of total exhaustion after the effort of doing even one brain activity?
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Is he in decent physical health otherwise? And maybe medications might play a role (I'm assuming he's taking something to keep his blood pressure under control and at least some of those can make a person feel tired easier). It might even be depression because, on some level, he is likely aware of his limitations. It's definitely a good idea to let his doctor know about this (assuming you haven't already).
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3 ReactionsMy husband has moderate Alzheimer's Disease. He's been napping a lot for a few years. The neurologist told me that this is normal, the brain needs to rest.
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4 ReactionsHe reports that’s how it feels, that his brain just has to stop, he’s so tired. I wondered if others found this—Thank you.
Hi @cdk, in the early days when I was new to caregiving, I tried to make my husband stay awake, thinking the stimulation would be better for his brain. I would not have thought that way if he had a broken hip or was recovering from COVID. I would have realized that he needed rest to heal. Well, now his brain is broken, and it won't heal, but he needs rest for it to keep functioning as well as it does.
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