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sundowning?
Posted: Nov 18, 2013
I have noticed the past few months that if I am out driving after dark I have a tendency to become disoriented and it takes me awhile to figure out where I am even though I am on streets I have been driving and familiar with for years. Does anyone have any experience with this to know whether it could be sundowning? I'm 57 and as far as I know the only family history I have is a great-grandfather who died of "senile dementia" at age 82 I think he was. Is this something that any of you have experienced or should I get concerned. Also, I obviously am under a lot of stress as I also went from 1 FT good paying job and 1 PT bad-paying job to 1 FT bad-paying job.
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Hard to know - But...
[ In Reply To ..]Stress can cause all kind of interesting reactions. I think sundowning pertains more to getting extremely agitated when it gets dark out (enter my MIL), but you could ask a professional.
You are quite young to have dementia,and you don't mention any other symptoms, but I would mention the issue at your next doc appt.
Sundowning - MT
[ In Reply To ..]Sundowning is a term applied to someone who exhibits drastic changes in mood and behavior at night. This is a form of dementia, but what you are experiencing is not typical of sundowning. Your disorientation could be due to a number of factors, but if this is recurring a lot, then I definitely would consult your doctor and discuss this with them. It could also be due to stress. I did the very same thing once when taking my grandson home, and went down the wrong street, and I knew the area very well. I was under significant stress at the time. I would not worry about dementia, but I think it is a stress situation. Hope this helps.
I Wish - People would come back
[ In Reply To ..]...happens all the time. Someone comes on, wants some advice, then disappears. This OPs note was written almost a month ago (as of my posting) and never came back to say how she was doing or to acknowledge our responses.
Agree, it would be nice if they just acknowledged - the effort. nm
[ In Reply To ..]NM
They do it a lot - On the Health forum
[ In Reply To ..]I'm not sure why they don't come back to acknowledge, but I got frustrated giving suggestions and what has helped me in a given situation, only to have the person never come back to acknowledge.
It's not so much the "thank you" that I need, it's we don't even know if the person read the post we may have spent so much time on.
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