One Good Thing At Least
About three weeks ago, almost all of Bob’s anxiety and paranoia suddenly lifted and has been minimal to non-existent ever since. His anxiety had started three years ago this month and had been severe most of the time since its inception. Because the anxiety and paranoia have greatly diminished, I’ve been able to dramatically reduce the dosage of the pills he takes for anxiety and paranoia (and hallucinations) and eliminate another one entirely. He still sleeps/naps a lot, but seems more relaxed now that he’s far less anxious. In the evenings, he often still has a little bit of anxiety and sometimes some paranoia, which is common among people with AD. It’s called “Sundowning” when it occurs in the evening.
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Sad, but interesting symptom. My grandmother, who didn’t have AD, also experienced a form of sundowning. You could pretty much tell time by the shift in her mood. For her, it was around 3-3:30. She’d begin to talk about the hurtful things she experienced as a girl. They still hurt.
Seems like most any illness or condition can make us feel worse later in the day, even just a cold. Interesing, isn’t it, that the memory of childhood hurts can linger into old age, for those who still have their memory, that is.