Expert: Mary Gordon - 9/9/2011

Question
hello,
my husband and i live in a small room,he dont have job,he is trying for it,i work,from past 7 to 8 months some changes i noticed in him, because of which i am very tensed. He repeats same word many times,he stammers by birth,but now a days he repeats words loud more than 100 times,i am very tensed of this,he feels restless whole night,repeats words in night loud,because which i can not sleep, because of this his stammering has also increased.
please guide me is this symptoms of any mental disease, i am scared,he never sleeps at night,and then sleep in day,because which his health is affected, please guide me what should i do.

Answer
Rishimbika, your first action should be to get him seen by a doctor. There are many, many ailments that can cause cognitive issues, both physical and mental. It is impossible to speculate. He needs an assessment by a good doctor to determine what might be going on and what can be done to help. He certainly sounds like he is under a great deal of stress from his unemployment and sleep disturbances. Both of those alone might lead to some of what you are seeing.  

It does not sound like he has a progressive dementia, which is what I am expert in. Consult a doctor to find out what is going on.

Mary Gordon