tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post195539643161645496..comments2024-03-27T13:25:58.065-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: This time, it's personalCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-21393687992597880422015-04-21T13:24:47.238-04:002015-04-21T13:24:47.238-04:00My father actually had some form of FTD (they have...My father actually had some form of FTD (they have highly variable features). He was never dangerous, quite calm and sweet-natured, actually. Your situation is not the one I'm talking about, as you know. <br /><br />Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-9969388331897358922015-04-20T12:46:38.975-04:002015-04-20T12:46:38.975-04:00Our experience is different from that of most othe...Our experience is different from that of most other people whose family member has a dementia. The presenting set of symptoms with frontotemporal dementia is behavioral -- and my 56 year old relative is way on the acting-out end of the spectrum. She is on an anti-psychotic, because without it, she is manic and rages and obsesses endlessly and tries to hurt people. She has needed involuntary psych hospitalizations because she is dangerous to self and others.<br /><br />My SIL's primary problem is neurological; but that not-well-known neurodegenerative disease makes her psychotic. Not in a friendly hallucinations kind of way.<br /><br />Believe me, we are aware of the danger of over-medication; and the preferred course is to decrease this kind of med. We work hard to have the PCP work with the neurologist, to avoid zombification. It is a constant struggle to find the right balance of meds, though. <br /><br />Care facilities and doctors should be consulting with family about changes in meds -- but a lot don't want to. It takes a lot of vigilence on the part of family members.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com