alzheimer's disease
"I am 71 and my mom died at 91 after a long decline into total dementia, though not Alzheimer's.  When she was given Exelon, she became quite difficult and insulting, so we took her off.  I was experiencing initial stages of decline at the time and so I tried her remaining patches for 10 days, at 4mg strength.  I immediately felt an improvement in clarity and motivation, but I am under heavy blood pressure medicines and so still did not have the ability to do all I wanted.  After 10 days I stopped the patches and quickly went back to my somewhat confused and listless situation.  Three months later I got a prescription and began using the patches again with the significant improvement.  But a 9.5 dose makes me aggressive.  Problem is the price."