DH and odd behaviour recently

[GettingFatterByTheDay]

Few examples. Randomly shouting and screaming then making out that he was as surprised as me by it.

Asked me yesterday to bring the biscuits in from kitchen ... “will you bring the BISCUITS in? The fucking biscuits!” Followed by a scream. He doesn’t normally swear in normal conversation or if he does it’s not a common occurrence

He’s just rang me and said the following:

“On your way home from work will you pick up some milk and maybe grab some FUCKING FLAPJACKS or something to NIBBLE ON like a BASTARD RABBIT”. I said “why are you shouting??” And he said he didn’t mean to. This is not normal for him! He doesn’t go out of his way to seek attention or be funny. All these example are from the past week. He’s been isolating

angry outbursts could indicate a stress response but his outbursts are quite abnormal and don't sound like it is "only stress". He sounds like he is not always aware of what he is doing. I hope he is okay OP.

Please please seek medical assistance. Something similar used to happen to my dad until he had a full blown dissociative episode, a number of factors contributing to it - health and stress related. He was embarrassed to talk about it and refused to see a doctor until his brain decided enough is enough. He's better now but it took three different doctors at the time to manage it and months and months of tests.

Considering we are experiencing lockdown and an epidemic I would think it's stress.

Agree with others...He needs to see a GP to be assessed. I have read only recently somewhere that uncharacteristic behaviour {in this instance singing loudly} was indeed as symptom of a neurological problem.
Shouting isn't normal is someone is usually mild mannered.

Can you film him or record him? Then you can show him and it will be hard for him to deny. Or you could send the recording to his GP?

If this is not a wind up then record him, and see if he will phone his GP

Bloody hell, I can only agree with the others, he must see a doctor as soon as possible.

Those saying frontotemporal dementia. I sincerely hope you are saying that from actual experience because I have and this was not a symptom. Plus this type of dementia happens very subtly and very slowly at first (in my experience). So you many not notice enough events to link them for perhaps 6 months to a year.
OP says this has been happening for 1 week.
OP I would seek medical advice and as others have suggested write down what he’s been saying so it limits his denial. Does sound like something is medically amiss.

I think he really needs to to assessed by a DR OP. Please give your GP a call for advice on what to do next.

I would record him too. Then it's not just your word, to him or for a doctor's benefit.

DR's now!

I think this needs looked at. The random shouting of words without being aware could be something neurological as opposed to behavioural. I'd be a bit concerned about it

This is a neurological emergency.

@TiredofSM - sorry to hear you have this. But it is a common symptom in the early stages - taken from AD UK website;

"During the early stages, changes are seen in the person’s personality and behaviour.
A person with behavioural variant FTD may:
lose their inhibitions – behave in socially inappropriate ways and act in an impulsive or rash manner.
It is unusual for a person with behavioural variant FTD to be aware of the extent of their problems. Even early on, people generally lack control over their behaviour or insight into what is happening to them. Their symptoms are more often noticed by the people close to them."

I think this could apply to OP's DH.

Do you think he’s actually not aware of it happening, or he is aware but doesn’t want to say?

I'd be contacting his GP ASAP

Could be lockdown

There could be many reasons for this change in behaviour but the majority of them will require diagnosis by a healthcare professional so his GP should be his first port of call. It sounds like Tourette's syndrome but others have identified other potential causes so please do ask him to get help. This won't just magically go away on its own.

He does sound potentially unwell, but there are many things it could be and all of them would need proper assessment and diagnosis.

I don’t think there is any point in delaying going to the doctors as it is unlikely to just stop happening. See a doctor and get the ball rolling. Most surgeries are conducting telephone appointments and I am sure the doctor would have a chat with you and perhaps then you would be in a stronger position to persuade your husband to go to the doctors if he won’t make the call.

Sounds like Tourette's. Stress makes it occur more often. Maybe he has it very mildly under normal circumstances and lockdown has brought it to the forefront. See a GP.

He needs to see a doctor urgently. If he won’t call his GP, you call and explain everything. Hopefully then his GP will call him.

Goodness OP how worrying for you. He needs to be seen by a medical professional and soon I would say. It could be stress manifesting itself this way but it could also be something more serious. Good luck.

I think tiredofsm was saying they’ve worked in the field not they are a sufferer. And they are not arguing with the symptoms but saying onset is typically much more gradual than that. Op it definitely only just started?

Yes he needs to see a Doctor. It sounds like it might be stress and anxiety related, but if he genuinely seems puzzled by it himself that's of even more concern.