Hi,
Mom's had a bad day today, she'd been extremely aggressive and unco-operative, and even threatened to kill me. She just kept screaming and shouting at me, refused to get dressed beyond her underwear, refused to take any medication (So the anti psychotics were a real help with that one, huh?) and her face changed so much that she was barely recognisable. There was just so much hate there it frightened me. She told me she wanted me to leave and never come back and what I was I doing here anyway seeing as this house had nothing to do with me. It's my house for pete's sake!! As I was getting more upset by her outburst and more frightened she might actually hit me or hurt me in some way I just picked up the cordless phone, got my keys, locked the house and left her alone for about half an hour while I sat outside in the car bawling. Lord knows what the neighbours will think... I got on the phone to try to talk to her consultant, to see if he thought some other drugs would be better than the Quetiapine, but he was out and his secretary wasn't at her desk and their voicemail was full. Try again tomorrow... Couldn't call anywhere else for help so I called my gran for a bit of emotional support, and felt a bit more calm. Went back inside to try to get mom dressed and give her her drugs. After about 15 minutes of pointing out she must be cold without her clothes on (The heating was on, but it was more a point to get her to take notice) and trying to be as calm and reasonable as possible, she finally let me get her dressed and give her her drugs. She's been way off base all day, and there's the hint that despite the drugs, that the aggression and violence are still there under the surface waiting to appear again. My sister nicknamed it her "Bride of Chucky" moments, (after the horror films,) but thankfully she's never been treated to any of them first hand. We're supposed to be going to see my sisiter and gran at the weekend, so I hope this has been a passing phase for today and tomorrow will see it gone and she's back to normal. Anybody any good ideas with how to deal with it in future though???
Any ideas gratefully received....
Cat
Mom's had a bad day today, she'd been extremely aggressive and unco-operative, and even threatened to kill me. She just kept screaming and shouting at me, refused to get dressed beyond her underwear, refused to take any medication (So the anti psychotics were a real help with that one, huh?) and her face changed so much that she was barely recognisable. There was just so much hate there it frightened me. She told me she wanted me to leave and never come back and what I was I doing here anyway seeing as this house had nothing to do with me. It's my house for pete's sake!! As I was getting more upset by her outburst and more frightened she might actually hit me or hurt me in some way I just picked up the cordless phone, got my keys, locked the house and left her alone for about half an hour while I sat outside in the car bawling. Lord knows what the neighbours will think... I got on the phone to try to talk to her consultant, to see if he thought some other drugs would be better than the Quetiapine, but he was out and his secretary wasn't at her desk and their voicemail was full. Try again tomorrow... Couldn't call anywhere else for help so I called my gran for a bit of emotional support, and felt a bit more calm. Went back inside to try to get mom dressed and give her her drugs. After about 15 minutes of pointing out she must be cold without her clothes on (The heating was on, but it was more a point to get her to take notice) and trying to be as calm and reasonable as possible, she finally let me get her dressed and give her her drugs. She's been way off base all day, and there's the hint that despite the drugs, that the aggression and violence are still there under the surface waiting to appear again. My sister nicknamed it her "Bride of Chucky" moments, (after the horror films,) but thankfully she's never been treated to any of them first hand. We're supposed to be going to see my sisiter and gran at the weekend, so I hope this has been a passing phase for today and tomorrow will see it gone and she's back to normal. Anybody any good ideas with how to deal with it in future though???
Any ideas gratefully received....
Cat