Zyprexa and abbusive behavior toward caregiver - Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia Message Board

CharlieSwagerty · 12-30-2003, 08:13 PM

I am new to this board. I have a 84 year old Granny who is in the later stages of AD (onset was fall 1997). Within the last six months she has became physically abbusive, thankful she can't really hurt me. I believe she thought I was trying to hurt her and thus she was defending herself. The doctor recently prescribed Zyprexa 10mg, it has helped a lot. It has calmed her "abbusive behavior" without making her spaced out. We still have rough days but mostly she is a lot easier to deal with.

camachinist · 12-31-2003, 09:24 AM

How the patient's brain perceives sensory inputs and reacts to them markedly changes during the progession of the disease. Also, if the frontal lobes are involved, behavioral inhibitions can disappear, which makes for an often intolerable situation.

Happy to hear Zyprexa helped your loved one and you. Thanks for sharing your story.

Pat

Willow3 · 01-09-2004, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by CharlieSwagerty

I am new to this board. I have a 84 year old Granny who is in the later stages of AD (onset was fall 1997). Within the last six months she has became physically abbusive, thankful she can't really hurt me. I believe she thought I was trying to hurt her and thus she was defending herself. The doctor recently prescribed Zyprexa 10mg, it has helped a lot. It has calmed her "abbusive behavior" without making her spaced out. We still have rough days but mostly she is a lot easier to deal with.

I, to, am new to the board...I just posted about my mother and her hallucinations and confusion.

Mother is also taking Zyprexa 2.5 mg. A higher dose 3.7 found her slumped over her chair with weakness in her left side...a side effect of Zyprexa.

In additon to prescribing Zyprexa, the doctor also precribed Neurontin, a mood elevator...that really helps mother....you might ask your doctor about this

Hope I have been helpful

Willow