Poor sleep in Alzheimer’s may be a result of the patient developing a time disorder and confusion about the concept of day and night. It can be improved by adjusting the diet and taking sleep-aiding drugs.
1. Adjust the diet, patients should avoid drinking coffee, strong tea and other foods that increase the degree of excitement at dinner, not to mention alcohol.
2. Take medication, you can choose zolpidem, zopiclone and other sleep aids and olanzapine and other anti-psychotic drugs, to a certain extent, can improve the quality of sleep.
3. In addition to actively control the primary disease, the use of donepezil, strychnine methyl, meperidine, olaxetan and other to improve the symptoms of dementia.
Family members should strengthen the care of the patient on a daily basis to keep him/her away from dangerous objects and prevent injuries.
Family members are advised to bring the patient to the doctor in time to rule out other causes of poor sleep. Reasonable treatment should be carried out under the guidance of professional physicians.