Over the past year, my Mom has been experiencing symptoms of state two dementia. One of the oddest symptoms I've noticed is a kind of generalized anxiety that takes place at night, when it's time for her to go to sleep. She'll announce around 9 p.m., "I'm going to bed," and then she does everything BUT go to bed! She does dishes I've already done, feeds the cats I've already fed, fidgets with papers she's already looked at, mutters to herself, shuffles around the kitchen, brushes her teeth...does everything except go to bed. Is this normal behavior for someone with stage two dementia? She seems fine...until it's bed time. Then she becomes a nervous Nelly. Why? At first, she was anxious about sleeping in the bed she'd shared with Dad after he died. But that was two years ago, and she has a completely new bed now, and once she's asleep, she sleeps like a stone!
2007-02-19
23:08:37
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