I've noticed for the last couple of months my husband stays up fairly late before going to bed. This past friday nite it was after 1am after I've worked a full day I cannot stay away. Anyway, the next day he told me that while he was sitting in the breakfast area someone tried to open the door. When I started questioning him, he then decided he was not sure if it happened at all... because to him it seemed to happened so quick. He was actually at the breakfast table working on his endlessly projects and he was not asleep. I do not think anything really happened and furthermore, I have bells on a leather band hanging from the door knob because our 3 year old granddaughter loves to go outside when she is here and those bells create noise when the door is opened or if the knob is turned. I believe he was hallucinating although this would be a new symptom to watch for.
Then again, I feel like I am watching him like a hawk all the time... Just so uncertain of myself or what I think I see. I just feel so unsettled all the time.
Thanks for listening.
Caregiverwife
My husband believes that a group of people live in our house and some of them take his belongings. When we sit down to eat he always asks if it is just us or are the other people eating with us? He hears voices at times and usually he thinks someone is stealing or using his things.
Now I am pretty cynical about it in my mind but I try to calm him. I tell him the people are not eating with us or they already ate and no one took anything it is blah blah and he accepts that. In the beginning I tried to tell him no one is here but us and that was a huge mistake.
The most upsetting was when he didn't know who I was but now I use that to my advantage at times. If we would go round and round about why he should be or shouldn't be driving and he thinks I am someone else - he accepts it easier. As soon as he knows me then it becomes a fight or he is good with it.
Most things are one side of the scale or the other. This weekend it is divorce court because of my not wanting him to drive. Today he has forgotten about it.
I wish you the best
Elaine
I appreciate your response. I feel for the most part that I know it is the disease, yet another part of me is questioning myself and very apprehensive about what is to come. I often wonder if I will be able to come up with answers that will soothe the situation for the moment. I pray that I will.
Again, thank you for sharing.
Caregiverwife
I was afraid it was the medicine doing it so I didn't give him the seroquel one night and it still happened then I withheld the ambian and it was not as bad. But a week or so later it happened with no meds. What happened with your husbands driving or not driving? The same thing happened with our doctor he did nothing. Told me that I can take him to DPS to be tested. That went over like a lead balloon. Tomorrow we are calling the doc to discuss driving.
Regarding the driving there seems to be a huge issue with some doctors taking on the driving issue. Nothing really happened the Dr told husband that he should not drive at nite and spoke about allowing family to assist with getting him where he wants to go.
Now, it seems he finds places to go at night that he would not have done 6 months ago. So, in short we are at a stand still with driving. I pray for god's traveling grace when he leaves home and hold my breath and pace the floor until he returns. I will try again in Dec with next dr's visit.
Take care