Hi All
I wanted to post and sort of update on my post last week when I was at my wits end with worrying about Mom being violent and Dad not wanting me to tell the psychiatrist as she would have been sectioned and he did not want that.
I have to say I have a new Mom she is calm,smiles,is looking well but the best part is the "other" husband that she wanted to kill (and did try to, with a knife) has left the building The paranoia has gone totally as has the agitation and terrible fear and distress.
Her Amisulpride has been raised to 50 mg and it seems to be working. I am aware enough to realise this may be a honymoon period but with this condition when no 2 days can be predicted we are on a roll of 5 fantastic ones.
Maybe anyone out there who has knowledge on these drugs can give me some feedback as to how it helped, or indeed ,did not help their relatives. I honestly dont mind having my bubble burst as I am a realist and dont want to get my hopes up too high. Dad is all praise for the GP that set all this up (forgetting I dragged him screaming there with him insisting there was nothing was wrong with Mom!) but thats fine because I am just so happy she,and in turn ,him seem happier.
For people who did not see my original posts Mom is almost 3 weeks into a diagnosis of Vascular dementia with patchy evidence of AD also.
Big day tomorrow, first day at the assessment centre/day centre thingy attached to the psychiatric hospital. Already saying "no way and there is nothing wrong with me "but I think I am winning. I liken it to my childrens first day at school and will try to support her as many moons ago she did me. I was going to take her myself but apparently parking is almost impossible so the kind sister of the unit is allowing me to travel in the transport vehicle and stay with her an hour. The fact I will be stranded to find bus stops and my way home is a bridge I will cross tomorrow
, if I get her there I will be pleased and anyway I am too reliant on my little car and could do with a trek comfort eating taking a toll, oh dear.
So I am glad to post some positive news, if it helps anyone else reading wonder of the worth of getting a diagnosis and treatment,even against your parents or partners wishes I have to say it is the way forward. I would hate to imagine how things would be with Mom now otherwise.
Take care all
K xxx
I wanted to post and sort of update on my post last week when I was at my wits end with worrying about Mom being violent and Dad not wanting me to tell the psychiatrist as she would have been sectioned and he did not want that.
I have to say I have a new Mom she is calm,smiles,is looking well but the best part is the "other" husband that she wanted to kill (and did try to, with a knife) has left the building The paranoia has gone totally as has the agitation and terrible fear and distress.
Her Amisulpride has been raised to 50 mg and it seems to be working. I am aware enough to realise this may be a honymoon period but with this condition when no 2 days can be predicted we are on a roll of 5 fantastic ones.
Maybe anyone out there who has knowledge on these drugs can give me some feedback as to how it helped, or indeed ,did not help their relatives. I honestly dont mind having my bubble burst as I am a realist and dont want to get my hopes up too high. Dad is all praise for the GP that set all this up (forgetting I dragged him screaming there with him insisting there was nothing was wrong with Mom!) but thats fine because I am just so happy she,and in turn ,him seem happier.
For people who did not see my original posts Mom is almost 3 weeks into a diagnosis of Vascular dementia with patchy evidence of AD also.
Big day tomorrow, first day at the assessment centre/day centre thingy attached to the psychiatric hospital. Already saying "no way and there is nothing wrong with me "but I think I am winning. I liken it to my childrens first day at school and will try to support her as many moons ago she did me. I was going to take her myself but apparently parking is almost impossible so the kind sister of the unit is allowing me to travel in the transport vehicle and stay with her an hour. The fact I will be stranded to find bus stops and my way home is a bridge I will cross tomorrow
, if I get her there I will be pleased and anyway I am too reliant on my little car and could do with a trek comfort eating taking a toll, oh dear.
So I am glad to post some positive news, if it helps anyone else reading wonder of the worth of getting a diagnosis and treatment,even against your parents or partners wishes I have to say it is the way forward. I would hate to imagine how things would be with Mom now otherwise.
Take care all
K xxx
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