My Father

[marie1983]

About 2 1/2 years ago my father had a heart attack at work nobody preformed CPR on him and the left him lay their for 45mins there were a few guys from his work that arived at the hospital and told my sister that my father collapsed at 400pm and the 911 report said the call wasn't made till 445pm anyways my question is now the doctors said my father has moderate alzheimers all he does all day long is lay around the house he is living with my sister at first he pee'd the bed he doesn't do it anymore but he cant remember to take a shower you have to actually get upset with him and tell him to get in the shower or he cant have a cigarette yes i know he shouldn't be smoking but my father in the past before his heart attack was an alcoholic as well as a smoker and he was in very good shape when he first came out of the hospital he took off in my sisters car we think he was trying to go back to his house we had called the cops because it was starting to get dark the cops found my sisters truck but not my father about 1 hr later my boyfriend and i had found him thank god. The next day he kept taking off on my sister trying to get cigarettes so she told the doctor what he was doing and the doctor told her to let him smoke but to control his cigarettes he kept thinking he had to go to work he couldn't understand what was going on he doesn't remember my b-day or my other sisters he keeps thinking i have kids and i am married which i am not nor do i have kids,I was talking to him a few weeks ago and he keeps telling me that god is punishing him ,and he keeps saying that they come to him at night and talk to him.He has been latley not willing to do anything except for laying in bed all day long,i asked him what is bothering him and he tells me nothing he is just waiting for his time to come.he is 49years old do you think this is alzheimers disease?or something else?he is on i think like 5 medications and one is to treat alzheimers but it doesn't seem to be helping at all is their something else he can take to help?

[LLWB]

You need to get your father to a dr right away. This sounds more like brain injury, possibly from the heart attack and lack of oxygen, However, whatever it is he needs a thouough evaluation. He also sounds like he is depressed.  Good luck and prayers to you, but please get him help as soon as possible.

[marie1983]

My father goes to the doctors at least 3 times a month and gets evaluated at the sametime.He is on med for depression.But not getting better i just wish there was something more we could do.I just want my father to get better.

[Blood88]

if its alzheimers and there giving meds it should stop the progression of memory lost but it does not cure what already was lost.  ones the damage is done it cant be repaired.  Is he getting worse or is his condition consistent when he was diagnose? Anyways he lacked memories of his life but does remember you as his daughter.  the best way sometimes to help people with limited memory is to retell them. repeat the memories that you remember with him hopefully happy ones.

[daprincess21]

It DOES sound like Alzheimers. This can happen at any age. Medication is not gaurenteed to stop the progression of memory lost. Each person with this disease progresses differently. Medication can help but like i said there is no guarentee.
When dealing with Alzheimers people, you must have patience. Getting "mad" to get them to do something is not gunna work, at least in the long run. Manipulation and "lying" often come in handy when dealing with this. once you figure out (or if you know) the significant things in a persons life you can start a conversation with them using these things. Agreeing often comes in handy. Its like working with a toddler in a way. In one of the first confrences i attended they told us that when you get this disease you lose everything you learned in life "backwards" you may go from walking and talking to crawling and chanting. (with everything in between) Its very tough and the most you can do for someone is be patient and love them. Prayer is powerful as well to help give them the best quality of life they can have.=)

[Debby317]

I agree it sounds like Alzheimers but he's so young !! I know it can happen at any age, but is there any family history? My G-grandmother, grandmother & father died of it. I think I'm screwed :-) Of course you hear so many things, it's runs on the mother's side, blah blah blah. I guess you just don't know. They tested my dad for it. I take they have done that for your dad? I think if they haven't I would want a cat scan done. And any other test to make sure there isn't brain damage from the heart attack. My dad was in his 70's when we found out but we finally had to put dead bolts on the doors to keep him in. Good Luck, my prayers are with you

[rbcf]

My husband has pick's disease , it starts in the 40, 50 and 60's also inhertitate 40 percent.  This is frontal dementa and It is the reasoning and aggessiveness, is the main problems - personality comepetely changes.  I told the doctor for five years something was wrong and he wouldn't believe me and my husband got mad and said nothing was wrong.  We went to psychistist and he past their test and brain test., mri was the one which showed shrinkage of the frontal lobes but the neurologist in the one who caught it .  I wrote down all the things he did and when it started and took it and with test of making a clock,,and other test he figured out what he had and he is on Namenda and Arciept.  They took him off of Arciept and in one month he lost two years.  I got him back on and now he is doing most things again.  Writing and doing figures are now getting worse.  He had his 7 years.  he only went into this once every few weeks at first and after five years it was happening every few days.  So he was normal and than done things which he would never do ,{ dump garbage out in the street, didn't know how to vacum, lost things ,  put ice cream ing the microwave and left it there, stop in the intersection,  stared at walls, he would look lost and like he never seen something.  etc.  

rbcf

[rbcf]

My husband has pick's disease , it starts in the 40, 50 and 60's also inhertitate 40 percent.  This is frontal dementa and It is the reasoning and aggessiveness, is the main problems - personality comepetely changes.  I told the doctor for five years something was wrong and he wouldn't believe me and my husband got mad and said nothing was wrong.  We went to psychistist and he past their test and brain test., mri was the one which showed shrinkage of the frontal lobes but the neurologist in the one who caught it .  I wrote down all the things he did and when it started and took it and with test of making a clock,,and other test he figured out what he had and he is on Namenda and Arciept.  They took him off of Arciept and in one month he lost two years.  I got him back on and now he is doing most things again.  Writing and doing figures are now getting worse.  He had his 7 years.  he only went into this once every few weeks at first and after five years it was happening every few days.  So he was normal and than done things which he would never do ,{ dump garbage out in the street, didn't know how to vacum, lost things ,  put ice cream ing the microwave and left it there, stop in the intersection,  stared at walls, he would look lost and like he never seen something.  etc.  

rbcf