What a nightmare 9 days myself and my family have had after my father was diagnosed with delirium after a water infection.

It all started at the beginning of October with my dad going out of his mind by trashing his bedroom and throwing furniture down the stairs and after a diagnosis of a water infection and hospitalisation they concluded he had delirium which cleared after infection subsided.

Fast forward 3 weeks later we saw the signs again but luckily enough he was admitted back to hospital and this time the delirium come back with a vengeance after docs discovered first bout of antibiotics which was thought to have cleared the infection actually didn't and the nightmare started again only worse.

After hospitalisation dad was hallucinating that people were trying to kill him and he also attacked a family member and had to be sedated also after a week he was discharged to a care home for rest bite only to be in there for one hour where a member of staff was assaulted and he smashed his fists through windows to try to escape causing damage to his hands.

After been returned to hospital and after been treated with a drug called haloperidol he has slowly started to get better also the water infection is now well under control so we hope to have him home soon.

He is 80 years old and still a fit and powerful man for his age but this condition turned him into what some would call a raving lunatic but what I prefer to call a sane man's madness and although tests show unlikely dementia as they both show similar symtons it's really opened my eyes to a condition which is not very much understood.

Would appreciate any input from others on the forum who knows about this condition or has gone through it themselves or with family members....

Cheers Guys...