History A 78-year-old man attends the general practitioner surgery with his daughter for an urgent appointment as his eyes are rolling upwards uncontrollably since this morning. He lives on his own following the death of his wife last year and has been very low since then. His daughter is very concerned about him. His self-care has suffered and he often burns his food though at other times ‘he seems completely fine’. Three months ago, he suffered a fall and bruised his face.
His daughter has noticed other bruises on his body. He has developed a tremor and seems to stumble a lot. His sleep and appetite have been poor and he has lost about 2 kg in weight over the past year. Two days ago, he went to the GP surgery complaining of seeing a whole orchestra playing in his kitchen and was prescribed haloperidol 0.5 mg twice daily. However, since yesterday, he has been suffering an…
