Each day mom is taken to her choice of restaurant for lunch. Prevoiusly she would eat 5 nuggets and a few fries. Yesterday the caregiver said mom was still hungry. She actually ate 10 nuggets, a broccoli and cheese baked potatoe and a small fry. She ate it ALL. In the last week she has been starving. After eating at 7 am cereal, which has satisfied her previously, she is starved at 10 asking to go to Wendy's. When I arrive at 5 with dinner, it is all I can to do to keep mom from yanking things to eat. I purchased fiber bars and yogurt and requested that mom be given a snack at 10 and 3. When the caregiver arrived this morning, mom was at the table and had eaten 2 of the bars. Keep in mind she had just had cereal.
I googled this and found that this is a symptom of frontal lobe dementia.
Has anyone experience this and do you have a solution?
That's a suggestion, not a criticism.
Surprisingly enough, salads with spinach, a blend of veggies and perhaps some meat can be filling and provide energy. (Don't worry about getting Popeye muscles, though.)
She has never been hungry, and historically has freaked out every single time she is served food, commenting she can never eat all that, pushes it around her plate, eats two bites and hid the rest in her purse. She was down to 80 pounds and is now eating. Too strange not to have a physiological reason.