Mom has dementia, what type we don't know even though she's had lots of testing. At first they thought vascular and now maybe Lewey Body which I know you can't test for definitively until death. Mom's hallucinations lately are so tragic in nature and involve seeing children accidentally getting hurt and in which she is responsible to help them. Now the doctors are mentioning her seeing a psychiatrist. Will psychiatry help if this is dementia related? I personally have always thought there was an underlying psychiatric problem. Interesting that her brother suffered from depression in his 40's (and she in her 30's) that involved him imagining he was responsible for tragic events that never happened. He had to see a psychiatrist. They together with their other siblings had a tragic childhood.
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Jamie
My mom had a tragic childhood and probably some childhood trauma. She would wring her hands, weeping and try, although she had aphasia, to tell us something terrible that had happened.
It didn't matter what it was. We got her medication relief for depression, anxiety and agitation. I hope you can find the same relief for your mom.
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I expect the psychiatrist's role would be trying out medications to relieve her troubling symptoms. If there is anything helpful available a specialist is the best person to go to, just as you would seek the expertise of a cardiologist for heat problems.
My Dad had a UTI, just prior to that he was seeing ants climbing up the walls and ants in his food. As the UTI was clearing up, the ants were slowly going away in his mind.