My husband is 60 years old and in the middle stages of Alzheimer’s. He has been treated for headache pain for years, probably due to football concussions. In the last few months he complains daily of general pain all over his body including his stomach, chest, neck, etc. I have had him checked by the doc but can’t really find anything that explains the seemingly high level of daily pain. I believe he is depressed but I can’t get him to see a therapist. Anyone else experience this issue with Alzheimer’s?
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Although I can tell you that my husband(who had had a massive stroke many years earlier and then later developed vascular dementia)for the last many years of his life was in pain, and when asked where exactly it was, he would respond, "all over." With my husband though I could tell by his face that he was in fact in pain, as he would grimace. And by the time his pain seemed to get much worse he was already under hospice care, so they started out with putting him on morphine and later fentanyl. Can you tell by your husbands face,(as most of us have a hard time hiding when we're in pain)that he in fact is in pain, or do you think it's all in his head? How you answer that question I think should guide you with what type of care he needs.
I wish you the best in getting things figured out for him.