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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 122225" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I'm no expert-obviously- but it sounds like alzheimers to me- or something along those lines. My grandmother had it- it doesn't shorten life, but it shortens quality life. When it first starts, it's just being forgetfull, then it turns into a period where they are mentally "there" with you (reality) sometimes and they are in a different era or period of their lives sometimes.- At least this is how it was with my grandmother. At first, we all would try to correct her (no, I'm your grandchild, not your sibling; or well, you just did that an hour ago, don't you remember). Then a dr told a couple of people in the family that this just frustrated her more. You can't bring her back into reality, so play along. It hurt my feelings when she thought she was a kid and I was her sister and she was trying to tell me to come in and quit playing or something (I was in my early 20's- I was her only son's child). Anyway, it probably prepped me for what my difficult child is going thru- and I do wonder if there is a gentic connection between alzheimers and mood disorders. </p><p> </p><p>This might not be what is going on with your mother- docs are supposed to be better now about diagnosis'ing and there should be medications that help slow the process. What they told us though, is that at any period that they are in a memory loss or different time period, just go along or it can cause extreme stress for them. And prepare, if this is what it is, because they gradually stay in that other "phase" longer and longer, until they reach a point where they never mentally come back. My grandmother died in a fetal position- after mos- and the family had allowed one blood transfusion to help with physical problems, but wouldn't allow a second because she was in her 80's (this was in the 1980's) and we had accepted that she was back in "baby" land and would never come back and she would not want to lie there - well, it was hard.</p><p> </p><p>I hope I haven't floored you- this might not be what is going on with your mother, and as I said, there are medications that can help these days. I don't know what the specialty is called, but there are docs who specialize in geriatric medicine. I would suggest getting one on board- if this is who she's seeing now, call and let them know she's your mother and you need to know what is going on with her.</p><p> </p><p>But, if this is what's going on, she will need assisted living- it won't stop her independence, unfortunately, the illness stops her independence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 122225, member: 3699"] I'm no expert-obviously- but it sounds like alzheimers to me- or something along those lines. My grandmother had it- it doesn't shorten life, but it shortens quality life. When it first starts, it's just being forgetfull, then it turns into a period where they are mentally "there" with you (reality) sometimes and they are in a different era or period of their lives sometimes.- At least this is how it was with my grandmother. At first, we all would try to correct her (no, I'm your grandchild, not your sibling; or well, you just did that an hour ago, don't you remember). Then a dr told a couple of people in the family that this just frustrated her more. You can't bring her back into reality, so play along. It hurt my feelings when she thought she was a kid and I was her sister and she was trying to tell me to come in and quit playing or something (I was in my early 20's- I was her only son's child). Anyway, it probably prepped me for what my difficult child is going thru- and I do wonder if there is a gentic connection between alzheimers and mood disorders. This might not be what is going on with your mother- docs are supposed to be better now about diagnosis'ing and there should be medications that help slow the process. What they told us though, is that at any period that they are in a memory loss or different time period, just go along or it can cause extreme stress for them. And prepare, if this is what it is, because they gradually stay in that other "phase" longer and longer, until they reach a point where they never mentally come back. My grandmother died in a fetal position- after mos- and the family had allowed one blood transfusion to help with physical problems, but wouldn't allow a second because she was in her 80's (this was in the 1980's) and we had accepted that she was back in "baby" land and would never come back and she would not want to lie there - well, it was hard. I hope I haven't floored you- this might not be what is going on with your mother, and as I said, there are medications that can help these days. I don't know what the specialty is called, but there are docs who specialize in geriatric medicine. I would suggest getting one on board- if this is who she's seeing now, call and let them know she's your mother and you need to know what is going on with her. But, if this is what's going on, she will need assisted living- it won't stop her independence, unfortunately, the illness stops her independence. [/QUOTE]
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