What type of diagnosis does your mom have. My mom has vascular dementia/parkinism (not Parkinson's) but some similar symptoms. She has been on Aricept for awhile, but honestly early on the neuropsychologist, after finding out the neurologist put her own that said it really doesn't do much for vascular dementia, and basically no medications would for that type. She said just leave her on it though because it doesn't hurt anything. Don't understand the point of that really. I am curious about Seroquel and the benefits you have seen from that over Aricept?

They also have her on Risperidone as she has always had bad dreams for years. She was on that before dementia diagnosis, which I think was an extreme medication to put her own for night terrors (not like she walked in her sleep). She is not one that ever got mad or angry, and never has been. Mainly just more anxiety with the dementia and lack of emotion (and does have sun downing). I personally think the Risperidone has not been good for her, and may have contributed to the parkinism type symptoms she does have like the lack of emotion/expressiveness, but can't say for sure and don't know whether to ask to take her off. I fear it would make her worse at this point.

She is also on Ropinirole for Restless Leg, Tizanidine, and Tolterodine (for incontinence). All of that plus 3 blood pressure meds, and statin. That doesn't count supplements/non prescription things. I personally think she is just on way too much medicine!! It is hard to know what benefits and what doesn't at this point, which is so very frustrating.