My Friend has been diagnosed with vascular dementia and gets very angry is this one of the symptoms ?

by Symptom Advice on February 21, 2011

Just get her to relax, if it's the side effect it's the side effect!

alzheimers.about.com
check this website!
it explains the symptoms of different types of dementia.
some meds are available for Alzheimer's and these are also used sometimes for vascular dementia.
agitation,confusion,delusions,hallucin… can happen.

yes, anger and agitation can be very common symptoms of dementia. You would be angry too if you didn't know what was happening. In the early stages, patients will often try to cover up their memory loss, but as memory degrades, they become less and less able to do so. Often doctors will prescribe meds to reduce aggression/agitation as well as meds to slow memory loss.

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