Hi everyone
sorry i havent been around for a while but there has been so much going on both with my own health but with various other stuff as well.
mum has mild cognitive impairment (although it doesnt seem that mild to me!) and she constantly repeats herself. i have been with her to the memory clinic and she now has a cpn going in to see her.
anyway, to cut a long long story short i was on the phone to her yesterday and she said she was going to committ suicide. i asked her how she was going to do this and she said there are plenty of pills in the house which she could easily take. i was annoyed at her saying this and told her she was being totally selfish and what did she think would happen to whoever found her lying on the floor dead. she would be wrecking their life by the trauma etc. i must admit i did raise my voice and told her that was the worst most selfish self centred thing she had ever said! a similar thing happened last week and i did jump in the car and drive the 20 miles to make sure she was ok but i cant always do this as most of you will know i have a 3 year old and its not easy.
i phoned her doc this morning and then the cpn who was supposed to be seeing her today but cannot go until tomorrow. she asked if i could go to mums and remove the pills. mum is one of the strongest willed people i have ever met and she is always right and everyone else is wrong. i woudnt go as far as saying she is a bully but shes a force to be reckoned with and the thought of going into her house and removing the tabs is scary as i know she would go absolutely ballistic and im not willing to put my 3 year old through the trauma of seeing that. my brothers and sisters are all away on holiday and alan (hubby) is working in somerset (im in scotland) so theres no one that could watch my wee one.
i actualy feel physically sick at the thought of all this and just needed to vent a bit i guess. i just dont know what to do and i need some advice please.
Linda x
sorry i havent been around for a while but there has been so much going on both with my own health but with various other stuff as well.
mum has mild cognitive impairment (although it doesnt seem that mild to me!) and she constantly repeats herself. i have been with her to the memory clinic and she now has a cpn going in to see her.
anyway, to cut a long long story short i was on the phone to her yesterday and she said she was going to committ suicide. i asked her how she was going to do this and she said there are plenty of pills in the house which she could easily take. i was annoyed at her saying this and told her she was being totally selfish and what did she think would happen to whoever found her lying on the floor dead. she would be wrecking their life by the trauma etc. i must admit i did raise my voice and told her that was the worst most selfish self centred thing she had ever said! a similar thing happened last week and i did jump in the car and drive the 20 miles to make sure she was ok but i cant always do this as most of you will know i have a 3 year old and its not easy.
i phoned her doc this morning and then the cpn who was supposed to be seeing her today but cannot go until tomorrow. she asked if i could go to mums and remove the pills. mum is one of the strongest willed people i have ever met and she is always right and everyone else is wrong. i woudnt go as far as saying she is a bully but shes a force to be reckoned with and the thought of going into her house and removing the tabs is scary as i know she would go absolutely ballistic and im not willing to put my 3 year old through the trauma of seeing that. my brothers and sisters are all away on holiday and alan (hubby) is working in somerset (im in scotland) so theres no one that could watch my wee one.
i actualy feel physically sick at the thought of all this and just needed to vent a bit i guess. i just dont know what to do and i need some advice please.
Linda x