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[quote=Anonymous]One of the PPs here: my dad's delirium began after a fairly routine ER visit for an allergic reaction. No painkillers involved, just an Epipen which he'd had before. They kept him overnight for observation and then longer because he was clearly not right. In his case the delirium manifested as unresponsiveness; for some people, it can be more like mania.

He wound up getting pneumonia and staying in the hospital 6 weeks. He had early stage Alzheimers and had been living independently (with some support) but after this episode his mental and physical condition had degenerated so much that we had to move him to memory care.

Our experience was that the doctors didn't understand delirium very well, they kept insisting that it would dissipate quickly and he'd bounce back. I don't know if it would have made a difference but in retrospect I would have pressed to find someone with real expertise on delirium in hopes of doing something other than waiting for things to improve. Good luck OP.[/quote]

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