Husband keeps wanting to go doctors and specialists to seek help for his FTD. Cannot make him understand these are symptoms of his dementia.

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PandabearAUS Asked May 2019

Husband keeps wanting to go doctors and specialists to seek help for his FTD. Cannot make him understand these are symptoms of his dementia.

My husband has younger onset Dementia most likely frontotemporal dementia with Parkinson like symptoms. Parkinson medication has not stopped the shaking hands. He suffers from extreme anxiety, poor balance, reluctance to chew and swallow his food, drooling and poor eye sight amongst others.

He does not accept he has Dementia. He is convinced he will be 100% again if he could get his drooling to stop and get the poor vision corrected. As I post this we are at his GP again to ask him to recommend the right “eye doctor” who knows what they are doing, again. He can’t be distracted or swayed from this. He is totally convinced it is all about fixing this.

Is is there any way to get him to realise that these things are caused by his condition?

Alzheimer's & Dementia Frontotemporal

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He has been recommended to an ophthalmologist. I will take him and see what he says. My husband had a lazy eye since childhood and glasses no longer can correct this because the brain uses a lot of energy keeping the lazy eye straight and has diverted that energy to other areas
perhaps he will recommend surgery to tighten the muscle if he thinks it is severe enough. Five week wait till appointment. Goes for 90 minutes. It will be hard getting through that length of time

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Can you try the “therapeutic fib”? Tell him the doctor cancelled the appointment. Tell him Insurance won’t pay for any more doctor visits. Call his primary and ask for a placebo. Put it in an old medicine bottle and tell him the doctor prescribed these new pills that will surely help him.

This is an obsession like any other that people with dementia have. It takes extreme patience to deal with them. Sending hugs and understanding.

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Have you tried CBD oil? Is doing wonders for my 82 yr old aunt with Parkinson’s and dementia. She’s had it quiet awhile. Is on hospice. It’s easy to find and try. You can usually tell right away if it is helpful.

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Husband keeps wanting to go doctors and specialists to seek help for his FTD. Cannot make him understand these are symptoms of his dementia.

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