Guest guest Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Just curious - my mother often makes what my brother calls " humming " sounds, only they're more like " uh huh, uh huh, uh huh. " She can talk fine and handle ADLs, but she also has visual and auditory hallucinations (which invariably lead to her believing that someone is breaking into her apartment to leave things there that she claims she never bought) so she is probably in stage 2 of LBD as described in the Files section. But the " humming " is really irritating to listen to. If asked about it, she says she's not in pain. It seems like a weird automatic verbal tic. I'm wondering whether anyone else has experienced something similar with a LO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 My mother did that. She had vascular dementia. We could never figure out why she did it. Nan > > Just curious - my mother often makes what my brother calls " humming " sounds, only they're more like " uh huh, uh huh, uh huh. " She can talk fine and handle ADLs, but she also has visual and auditory hallucinations (which invariably lead to her believing that someone is breaking into her apartment to leave things there that she claims she never bought) so she is probably in stage 2 of LBD as described in the Files section. But the " humming " is really irritating to listen to. If asked about it, she says she's not in pain. It seems like a weird automatic verbal tic. I'm wondering whether anyone else has experienced something similar with a LO. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 We had sounds like this and they were repetitive and my mil was not always aware she was making sounds like this and there seemed little to do about it other than engage in something else like singing or spelling bee, etc. It may get better or be replaced with something more pleasant. or not. Also, even if they say they are not experiencing pain does not mean they are not. That's a tough part of this to figure out sometimes. There is a more recent and fitting evaluation for pain in Dementia. You might try googling " evaluating pain in Dementia " and see if you can find it or related information. I can look for it over the weekend. Dorothy From: LBDcaregivers [mailto:LBDcaregivers ] On Behalf Of linda02462 Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:13 PM To: LBDcaregivers Subject: Is this an LBD symptom? Just curious - my mother often makes what my brother calls " humming " sounds, only they're more like " uh huh, uh huh, uh huh. " She can talk fine and handle ADLs, but she also has visual and auditory hallucinations (which invariably lead to her believing that someone is breaking into her apartment to leave things there that she claims she never bought) so she is probably in stage 2 of LBD as described in the Files section. But the " humming " is really irritating to listen to. If asked about it, she says she's not in pain. It seems like a weird automatic verbal tic. I'm wondering whether anyone else has experienced something similar with a LO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 We had sounds like this and they were repetitive and my mil was not always aware she was making sounds like this and there seemed little to do about it other than engage in something else like singing or spelling bee, etc. It may get better or be replaced with something more pleasant. or not. Also, even if they say they are not experiencing pain does not mean they are not. That's a tough part of this to figure out sometimes. There is a more recent and fitting evaluation for pain in Dementia. You might try googling " evaluating pain in Dementia " and see if you can find it or related information. I can look for it over the weekend. Dorothy From: LBDcaregivers [mailto:LBDcaregivers ] On Behalf Of linda02462 Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:13 PM To: LBDcaregivers Subject: Is this an LBD symptom? Just curious - my mother often makes what my brother calls " humming " sounds, only they're more like " uh huh, uh huh, uh huh. " She can talk fine and handle ADLs, but she also has visual and auditory hallucinations (which invariably lead to her believing that someone is breaking into her apartment to leave things there that she claims she never bought) so she is probably in stage 2 of LBD as described in the Files section. But the " humming " is really irritating to listen to. If asked about it, she says she's not in pain. It seems like a weird automatic verbal tic. I'm wondering whether anyone else has experienced something similar with a LO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 We had sounds like this and they were repetitive and my mil was not always aware she was making sounds like this and there seemed little to do about it other than engage in something else like singing or spelling bee, etc. It may get better or be replaced with something more pleasant. or not. Also, even if they say they are not experiencing pain does not mean they are not. That's a tough part of this to figure out sometimes. There is a more recent and fitting evaluation for pain in Dementia. You might try googling " evaluating pain in Dementia " and see if you can find it or related information. I can look for it over the weekend. Dorothy From: LBDcaregivers [mailto:LBDcaregivers ] On Behalf Of linda02462 Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:13 PM To: LBDcaregivers Subject: Is this an LBD symptom? Just curious - my mother often makes what my brother calls " humming " sounds, only they're more like " uh huh, uh huh, uh huh. " She can talk fine and handle ADLs, but she also has visual and auditory hallucinations (which invariably lead to her believing that someone is breaking into her apartment to leave things there that she claims she never bought) so she is probably in stage 2 of LBD as described in the Files section. But the " humming " is really irritating to listen to. If asked about it, she says she's not in pain. It seems like a weird automatic verbal tic. I'm wondering whether anyone else has experienced something similar with a LO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 I work in a prison for the mentally ill. We have a patient with dementia, diagnosed by our MH staff as Alzheimer's, but with his violent tendencies, I wonder. Anyway, he makes so much noise (and for hours) it bothers the other offenders. Sometimes he will sit on the edge of his bed and rock as he does it. Sometimes all night. I have to believe the sound comes from the dementia, but I don't know why. From: LBDcaregivers [mailto:LBDcaregivers ] On Behalf Of dsinouye Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 11:14 PM To: LBDcaregivers Subject: RE: Is this an LBD symptom? We had sounds like this and they were repetitive and my mil was not always aware she was making sounds like this and there seemed little to do about it other than engage in something else like singing or spelling bee, etc. It may get better or be replaced with something more pleasant. or not. Also, even if they say they are not experiencing pain does not mean they are not. That's a tough part of this to figure out sometimes. There is a more recent and fitting evaluation for pain in Dementia. You might try googling " evaluating pain in Dementia " and see if you can find it or related information. I can look for it over the weekend. Dorothy From: LBDcaregivers <mailto:LBDcaregivers%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:LBDcaregivers <mailto:LBDcaregivers%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of linda02462 Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:13 PM To: LBDcaregivers <mailto:LBDcaregivers%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: Is this an LBD symptom? Just curious - my mother often makes what my brother calls " humming " sounds, only they're more like " uh huh, uh huh, uh huh. " She can talk fine and handle ADLs, but she also has visual and auditory hallucinations (which invariably lead to her believing that someone is breaking into her apartment to leave things there that she claims she never bought) so she is probably in stage 2 of LBD as described in the Files section. But the " humming " is really irritating to listen to. If asked about it, she says she's not in pain. It seems like a weird automatic verbal tic. I'm wondering whether anyone else has experienced something similar with a LO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 I work in a prison for the mentally ill. We have a patient with dementia, diagnosed by our MH staff as Alzheimer's, but with his violent tendencies, I wonder. Anyway, he makes so much noise (and for hours) it bothers the other offenders. Sometimes he will sit on the edge of his bed and rock as he does it. Sometimes all night. I have to believe the sound comes from the dementia, but I don't know why. From: LBDcaregivers [mailto:LBDcaregivers ] On Behalf Of dsinouye Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 11:14 PM To: LBDcaregivers Subject: RE: Is this an LBD symptom? We had sounds like this and they were repetitive and my mil was not always aware she was making sounds like this and there seemed little to do about it other than engage in something else like singing or spelling bee, etc. It may get better or be replaced with something more pleasant. or not. Also, even if they say they are not experiencing pain does not mean they are not. That's a tough part of this to figure out sometimes. There is a more recent and fitting evaluation for pain in Dementia. You might try googling " evaluating pain in Dementia " and see if you can find it or related information. I can look for it over the weekend. Dorothy From: LBDcaregivers <mailto:LBDcaregivers%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:LBDcaregivers <mailto:LBDcaregivers%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of linda02462 Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:13 PM To: LBDcaregivers <mailto:LBDcaregivers%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: Is this an LBD symptom? Just curious - my mother often makes what my brother calls " humming " sounds, only they're more like " uh huh, uh huh, uh huh. " She can talk fine and handle ADLs, but she also has visual and auditory hallucinations (which invariably lead to her believing that someone is breaking into her apartment to leave things there that she claims she never bought) so she is probably in stage 2 of LBD as described in the Files section. But the " humming " is really irritating to listen to. If asked about it, she says she's not in pain. It seems like a weird automatic verbal tic. I'm wondering whether anyone else has experienced something similar with a LO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 I work in a prison for the mentally ill. We have a patient with dementia, diagnosed by our MH staff as Alzheimer's, but with his violent tendencies, I wonder. Anyway, he makes so much noise (and for hours) it bothers the other offenders. Sometimes he will sit on the edge of his bed and rock as he does it. Sometimes all night. I have to believe the sound comes from the dementia, but I don't know why. From: LBDcaregivers [mailto:LBDcaregivers ] On Behalf Of dsinouye Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 11:14 PM To: LBDcaregivers Subject: RE: Is this an LBD symptom? We had sounds like this and they were repetitive and my mil was not always aware she was making sounds like this and there seemed little to do about it other than engage in something else like singing or spelling bee, etc. It may get better or be replaced with something more pleasant. or not. Also, even if they say they are not experiencing pain does not mean they are not. That's a tough part of this to figure out sometimes. There is a more recent and fitting evaluation for pain in Dementia. You might try googling " evaluating pain in Dementia " and see if you can find it or related information. I can look for it over the weekend. Dorothy From: LBDcaregivers <mailto:LBDcaregivers%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:LBDcaregivers <mailto:LBDcaregivers%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of linda02462 Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:13 PM To: LBDcaregivers <mailto:LBDcaregivers%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: Is this an LBD symptom? Just curious - my mother often makes what my brother calls " humming " sounds, only they're more like " uh huh, uh huh, uh huh. " She can talk fine and handle ADLs, but she also has visual and auditory hallucinations (which invariably lead to her believing that someone is breaking into her apartment to leave things there that she claims she never bought) so she is probably in stage 2 of LBD as described in the Files section. But the " humming " is really irritating to listen to. If asked about it, she says she's not in pain. It seems like a weird automatic verbal tic. I'm wondering whether anyone else has experienced something similar with a LO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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