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[quote=Anonymous]I’m very sorry to hear that your young husband is dealing with this. Please hear me out:

At any point recently has he been prescribed steroids? I’m asking because my mom was hospitalized for several months for pneumonia and respiratory infections that required her to take steroids.

Steroids triggered severe psychosis in my mom- a percentage of the population cannot metabolize the cortisol correctly- and within days of her first dose she became agitated, lost her temper frequently, gradually lost her ability to speak, was unable to remember her birthday, the correct year, didn’t even remember that I was married and had a daughter. She was unstable and could not walk, and at the worst of it she could only grunt to communicate!

I watched my previously sharp mother decline into an almost Alzheimer level of dementia in days.

I begged her doctor at Shady Grove to review her medication list for any medication that is a anticholinergenic- that caused confusion.

She was on three steroids - an inhaler, a nasal spray, and an intravenous steroid. The doctor was willing to give it a shot because it was such a sudden change in her mental status. Once the steroids were removed, she returned back to herself within two weeks. I have placed them on a list of medication she can no longer take.

Steroids are in many different forms of medicine. Nasal spray, creams, and ingested medications. I was very surprised by how prevalent they are.

Please review ALL MEDICATIONS that your husband is taking. Please read the fine print on them to determine what pathway they act on in the brain. Read up all the side effects. If anything shows “confusion” or “dizziness” that’s a good reason to keep digging.

I hope it’s something easy to solve like this and hopefully you will get an answer soon. 
Good luck and God Bless.

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