Just need to talk if you don't mind. not sure what to do. mum was prescribed Aricept in November and has had a further assessment in January whereby the dose was increased from 5mg to 10mg daily.
she has had no side effects at all, but coincidentally she has been in varying degress of what I can only describe as RAGE since she has been on it.( don't know if it is the aricept or pourely concidence!)
This past few weeks, she is so angry with me from the minute I walk through her door to the point of pushing me and putting her fists up to my face, that I do not stay very long , really no more than 5 or ten minutes for the last couple of days as I am scared that she will have a stroke or a heart attack or something. Is it possible that it could be medication or the illness. any suggestion. I was going to leave it to see how she was until then end of the week and then speak to the nurse at the MATS team.
Sorry for moaning but is is possible to love someone but hate them at the same time. This all makes me sad because I don't hate mum I just hate what she has become since this dreadful illness possessed her, because it is like she is possessed. Feel sad, and upset and no one else understands.
Maggy
she has had no side effects at all, but coincidentally she has been in varying degress of what I can only describe as RAGE since she has been on it.( don't know if it is the aricept or pourely concidence!)
This past few weeks, she is so angry with me from the minute I walk through her door to the point of pushing me and putting her fists up to my face, that I do not stay very long , really no more than 5 or ten minutes for the last couple of days as I am scared that she will have a stroke or a heart attack or something. Is it possible that it could be medication or the illness. any suggestion. I was going to leave it to see how she was until then end of the week and then speak to the nurse at the MATS team.
Sorry for moaning but is is possible to love someone but hate them at the same time. This all makes me sad because I don't hate mum I just hate what she has become since this dreadful illness possessed her, because it is like she is possessed. Feel sad, and upset and no one else understands.
Maggy