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<blockquote data-quote="crazymama30" data-source="post: 316948" data-attributes="member: 3184"><p>It is a very fine line to walk, the line of helping and supporting your spouse but not getting too over controlling and involved. I am fortunate in that my husband keeps his appts, and is really more compliant than I ever thought or dreamed he would be. Sounds like you may be at the place where unless the person wants to help themselves, there is not much you can do. </p><p> </p><p>As for the medications, I refill everyone's medications and fill their medication minders. There is no way any of us could keep track of who had taken what without the pill boxes. I will remind husband to take his medications, but his memory is so bad right now I honestly don't know if he would remember to take them unless he was told too, the Tegretol has really hit him hard cognitively.</p><p> </p><p>It sounds like she is working a lot of hours. I hope she is able to handle that, she probably is trying to avoid home. I wish I had an answer as to how to deal with the overstimulation, I see both husband and my difficult child struggle with this. With difficult child if I can remove him from the situation and let him calm for a few moments it helps, but I cannot really do that with husband. I have not found a good way to approach that.</p><p> </p><p>I really hope things get better for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crazymama30, post: 316948, member: 3184"] It is a very fine line to walk, the line of helping and supporting your spouse but not getting too over controlling and involved. I am fortunate in that my husband keeps his appts, and is really more compliant than I ever thought or dreamed he would be. Sounds like you may be at the place where unless the person wants to help themselves, there is not much you can do. As for the medications, I refill everyone's medications and fill their medication minders. There is no way any of us could keep track of who had taken what without the pill boxes. I will remind husband to take his medications, but his memory is so bad right now I honestly don't know if he would remember to take them unless he was told too, the Tegretol has really hit him hard cognitively. It sounds like she is working a lot of hours. I hope she is able to handle that, she probably is trying to avoid home. I wish I had an answer as to how to deal with the overstimulation, I see both husband and my difficult child struggle with this. With difficult child if I can remove him from the situation and let him calm for a few moments it helps, but I cannot really do that with husband. I have not found a good way to approach that. I really hope things get better for you. [/QUOTE]
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