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How Can Severe Anxiety While Suffering From Alzheimer S Disease Be Treated?
My mother has late stage alzheimers and in a memory care unit of a nursing home. She has been prescribed risperidone because she was agitated at night. I have seen a huge decline since she started it. Then doctor took her off, she seemed better. But she was still agitated at night. so doctor put her back on it, now she has declined again. What other kind of medication could she try?
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How Can Severe Anxiety While Suffering From Alzheimer S Disease Be Treated?
Hello and welcome to HCM, Anxiety can only be treated with anxiolytics. The dose has to be titrated. Thanks and take care Dr Shailja Puri