My mum has been referred to the memory clinic so whilst without diagnosis there’s little doubt something is seriously wrong.
Until a month or so ago she pretty much just had v poor memory and was a bit grumpy and unreasonable at times, which is out of character. Although I suspect she has been very grumpy and unreasonable to my dad for much longer than he admits.
Suddenly however she has almost completely lost the plot. She has recurring, almost permanent delusions now that my dad is a lodger and is trying to get her house from her, or is mad and abusive to her, or any manner of things which makes her extremely frightened, anxious and horrid to him.
He admittedly probably doesn’t always deal with this in the calmest of ways, although he swears he does try really hard, and I believe he does his best.
Anyway she’s trying to throw him out again tonight and the poor man doesn’t know what to do and neither do I. She is beside herself with fear and anxiety and upset that this man is so horrible, he is being thrown out of his own home by his own wife of 50 years.
The doc prescribed lorazepam which did seem to help take the edge off the anxiety for a while but she was in bits again this evening on the phone.
Now they won’t answer the phone to me... I don’t want to go and make it worse.
This can’t go on - Mum keeps saying she can’t stand it any longer that this man is in her house, dad is exhausted and broken.
What can we do????!!!!!!!!!!!!
Until a month or so ago she pretty much just had v poor memory and was a bit grumpy and unreasonable at times, which is out of character. Although I suspect she has been very grumpy and unreasonable to my dad for much longer than he admits.
Suddenly however she has almost completely lost the plot. She has recurring, almost permanent delusions now that my dad is a lodger and is trying to get her house from her, or is mad and abusive to her, or any manner of things which makes her extremely frightened, anxious and horrid to him.
He admittedly probably doesn’t always deal with this in the calmest of ways, although he swears he does try really hard, and I believe he does his best.
Anyway she’s trying to throw him out again tonight and the poor man doesn’t know what to do and neither do I. She is beside herself with fear and anxiety and upset that this man is so horrible, he is being thrown out of his own home by his own wife of 50 years.
The doc prescribed lorazepam which did seem to help take the edge off the anxiety for a while but she was in bits again this evening on the phone.
Now they won’t answer the phone to me... I don’t want to go and make it worse.
This can’t go on - Mum keeps saying she can’t stand it any longer that this man is in her house, dad is exhausted and broken.
What can we do????!!!!!!!!!!!!