We recently moved my mother-in-law from Independent Living to Assisted Living. She's been there for one month and is still experiencing profound anxiety. I was looking at her meds and noticed she's on 2 Dementia/Alzheimer's medications but she's only on 20 mg. Of Celexa for anxiety. I have no idea if that's even the right medicine but if it is, I know it isn't the right dosage. We're going to go visit her next week and I really want to talk to the nursing staff while we're there. Also, at what point is it recommended that someone with dementia needs to be in skilled care?
Celexa -- 20 mg tablets once a day. Since this didn't help much with her anxiety and paranoia, Dr. suggested upping the dosage to an additional half pill. The only problem is, I am not there in the evening and not sure she is taking this additional half pill.
I highly recommend Cymbalta. It was a miracle drug for my cousin, who had dementia. It took away her anxiety and she is content on this med. It also helps with pain, if that is an issue. I can't say enough good things about this medication. She was taken off this med for a short time and the results were horrific. Her anxiety went out of the roof. We got her back on it and now she's fine again. I would discuss the options with her doctor. I have also talked to several other people, who don't have dementia who say good things about Cymbalta.