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Doctors usually start off with low doses and only increase the dosage if needed. Continue to report back to them on how your mother is or isn’t responding to the medication.
My mother also was trying to walk out of the front door. Hospice prescribed Seroquel and Ativan and she had good results from taking them.
Every individual will react differently to medication. It’s all trial and error.
Wishing you and your family the best.
"They"(whoever they are)say that it's supposed to slow down the progression of the disease,(and that's only in a small percentage of people)but really when you think about it, why prolong the inevitable and intentionally drag out this horrific disease of dementia?
There are no happy endings with dementia, only death, either from the disease itself or complications from it.
My late husband was prescribed donepezil(10 mg.)well into his vascular dementia, and honestly I really didn't notice any positive changes, nor did I notice any side effects. I've read that one should only take it for 6 months as after that it won't do any good anyway.
Sadly there is no magic pill to cure dementia yet, and doctors often just prescribe the only things they know about I believe to give families false hope that their loved one might actually improve when all of us that have been there done that, know that things only continue to get worse and that again there is no happy ending with dementia.
You must now be your mothers advocate so you decide what is best for her in the long run.
I wish you and your mother well.
The only meds that did NOT produce side effects of note for my mom were Wellbutrin for depression, Ativan for agitation, low doses of Gabapentin for nerve pain (high doses made her dementia worse), and Tramadol for pain.
Best of luck.
Doctors love to prescribe meds, but honestly, you should decide if it's making her life any better.