Sun Downing is really becoming an issue!

Winter is coming, even in Florida, and the days are getting shorter.  Darkness causes Sun Downing.  A symptom of dementia.  I suffer from this issue and have for quite a while.  But lately, it is becoming more pronounced and more of a problem for me and my wife.

As the sun goes down and the house gets darker, even with lamps on high, I get agitated, grouchy, and easily upset.  Comments made take on negative connotations i my mind and I get angry and combative.  Not physically, at least not yet.  But outbursts are common and my anger is noticeable.

This is new as I have written before, since the LBD has progressed I have tried earnestly to control my temper.  I know how angry I can get and I don't want that temperament to take over my life.  But, lately, as it gets dark, my mood does too.

I must always know where my wife is and anything she says can invoke a grumpy response from me.  If she goes into another room and I don't notice I yell for her.  I even get angry with Marcel the Wonder Dog.

I will go to bed early if I feel I am overwhelmed with the Sun Downing and that has become a habit lately.  Sometime escape to the sleep world is the better part of discretion.  I hope I can keep that level of self-control.

As far as I know, there is no help for this.  As my best friend Jerry says;  "It is what it is."  And ith that, I am going to bed.