I just looked at Newsday web site. It mentioned seizures in late stage Alzheimers. Has anyone expierenced this with loved one?

Grace,

Hello and Welcome. Not all people experience seizures!

My mom had not had any.

Are you OK?

Perhaps others will respond to you too?!

Grace
Not everyone will have seizures at the end... but my uncle (with Alz) did in his last weeks-- that portion of his brain was affected and the seizures came frequently.

My mother has had 6 seizures over two and a half years--probably in stage 5 and 6. The first two terrified me and I called 911... Then I learned to handle them--which worked much better since there isn't much they can do for her in hospital and ER's are full of flus, etc.
She usually slept for 24 hours after the seizure...

We briefly tried seizure meds (Keppra) but the side effects--confusion, agitation and,for her, esophageal bleeding (she has gerd) were more problematic than the seizure.

My DH has been experienceing seizures since this year March. He has many throughout the day they ht e him on Keppra XR which seems like it is not helping he was put on 1000mg and then to 1500mg and now 2000mg the doctors told me they want to increase it to max 3000mg per day he has had 4 ambulatory EEG march, may, august and sept the one done in sept was so much worse than the one in august., They are saying he has about 1 year to live, age 59 will soon be 60 and stage 6 but he is still continent

Thanks for the response. My Dad probably had his first seizure about a month ago. My sister was with him at the time and the way she described the shaking and all it was a seizure. However, I was surprised the Hospice nurse did not know about the possibility for him to have one. At least know we know. Thanks again