My hubby had Parkinson's and CardioVascular Disease. He experienced cognitive decline which developed into Dementia. Rivastigmine was the medication he used for Dementia and it helped for for a while. When he woke at night from sleeping, he sometimes awoke and spoke in a confused state. Sometimes thought people on TV were visitors in our living room. He sometimes had episodes of hallucinations or delusions...seeing playing cards cards in the pattern of the floor....or other strange delusions.Towards evening he sometimes began "sun downing" as Rivastigmine wore off and spoke to me in 3rd person.... about the other caregiver. It happened that he would forget who I was ...so I'd bring out the photo album and showed him.... it clarified that I was his wife....and he knew me again.Blessings, deqr ones, on this unsought journey....you will learn through your observations, you must stay flexible and try to laugh with each other through your trials & difficulties....when caregiving got hard.... my hubby reminded me...."you will remember this" (so choose to do your best, for both of you...if that means hiring help...DO It....so you don't burn out!). You are amazing and you CAN do this!!! KEEP ASKING for advice & help!

My husband also had AFib, now has a pacemaker after several ablations didn't work. Today, I put two and two together and discovered what I believe is a major factor in his low BP. Postprandial hypotension, seen in older people and those with Parkinson's. No wonder he falls asleep at the table, after eating. He also has a rare bile duct disease, probably caused by the low BP. I also read that digestive disease can cause dizziness, which he complains of daily, especially when his stomach is bothering him. Parkinson's is causing everything. I hate it so much. Now I have to change a bunch of things in his diet, namely cutting carbs and sugar, which are his favorite things. There's so much to study on this. I have bad eyesight and I'm exhausted from being his only caregiver. If low blood pressure is a problem, it could be this postprandial hypotension thing. Doctors just said orthostatic hypotension, but that didn't really explain it.

That is frightening! My husband BP has become noticably changeable. Yes, it drops low and all he wants to do is sleep. Then two hours later it's above normal. I guess this is a part of the disease I wasn't aware of. He too, has cardio vascular issues.

John, I feed my husband a lot. I think his insanely low blood pressure may be responsible for this behavior. Today was terrible, 75/45. He could barely speak and it was all nonsense. Scared me to death. I'm exhausted from working to get his pressure up.

Yes my wife came to point where she had trouble finding her mouth with the spoon and I'd have to guide her. As time went on her movements got so slow and it became more and more difficult so I had to end up spoon feeding her.