Memantine definitely did NOT cause insomnia or restlessness with my husband. But I know everyone is different.

About a month ago, my husband’s neurologist took him off Memantine 2X a day. He replaced it with Namzaric (Memantine plus Donepezil)10 MG at bedtime. I recall he said that he had more options to increase this, as needed.

@A myALZteam Member,my husband is on that med and I was always so concerned about the side effects so when we had a mtg with the CNP I asked about it, my husband had severe diarrhea. She said let's take him off for month and see how he does. Well, it helped immensely so when we put him back on the meds we only gave him one pill a day instead of two and that has worked out for the most part. Much better now. Hope that helps, Blessings ✝️

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My husband took it for awhile and it did nothing either way. We stopped it as he hates pills. good luck to you.

My husband has been on Memantine for a couple of months. I was not sure if this caused his insomnia and restlessness all day long. So Drs put him on antidepressants to help with restlesssness.? We are still having these issues but not as severe. It seems so difficult to get the right medication for him.