Jess22
09-23-2006, 09:12 AM
Martha this is just a little note for you, Im very glad you are getting to go
visit your mom. I really hope you will enjoy your time together as Im sure you miss her very much. As for the hallucinations, my mom before going to the NH was seeing people coming out of her ceiling, hiding in her closets etc. etc. these were so real that sometimes she would just cry so pitifully. Since being in the NH she has had some "REAL" good med changes and it has eased her from having such bad ones. She does however still have them at times and see's people and talks to people who are now long since deceased.
I think it is amazing how your mom thought that about her brother's hands and he was an artisit. I believe that it somehow runs together in some way. Mom will get confused and say things pertaining to someone like that in the same type manner. For instance she will say stuff about the train going by outside her room and men jumping off that she is afraid of. When she was a child she lived next to a train track and back then there were alot of men who would ride the trains to jobs etc. Similar stuff about my dad being down on that bridge etc. and my Dad built bridges for a trade when we were very small.... SOOOO I think it has something to do with bit's and pieces of their memories and since they go so back in time who knows what things occured when they were children that they may have expeiranced and relate things too. Anyway I disagree FIRMLY with your sister, and you and your brother especially if one of you are POA need to enforce your mom being placed on an antidepressant of some sort. It can be mild but believe me it was the best thing we had them do for mom. It has caused her to be more calmer and not so upset so much. Can you just imagine how it must be for the person with this disease???? I think we underestimate the stress on them that this disease causes. I would insist she be placed on one right away, it cant hurt her and she will probably at least not get nearly as upset. Your sister's daughter did not have dementia so not at all the same comparison. However I dont think the hallucinations ever completely go away but they can lessen in their effect. The bistral that mom takes and the buspar helps her along with namenda, areocept, and one other pill I cant think of the name right now. But since they started that one she has less attempts at trying to get out. None of these meds make her zombied mom still goes and goes like the energizer bunny. We refused halodol ever but we do have seroquil which is a lesser anti-physcotic only if needed for calming. Sometimes mom can be irate. Anyway hope this helps , have a nice time, and stand your ground I think your right on about the antidepressant. About the EX try to focus on where you are now and how far you have come, dont let the ugly fears of the past creep in and paralyize your life. You'll be okay and I'll have my friend pray for God's protection over you. Take care, jess
visit your mom. I really hope you will enjoy your time together as Im sure you miss her very much. As for the hallucinations, my mom before going to the NH was seeing people coming out of her ceiling, hiding in her closets etc. etc. these were so real that sometimes she would just cry so pitifully. Since being in the NH she has had some "REAL" good med changes and it has eased her from having such bad ones. She does however still have them at times and see's people and talks to people who are now long since deceased.
I think it is amazing how your mom thought that about her brother's hands and he was an artisit. I believe that it somehow runs together in some way. Mom will get confused and say things pertaining to someone like that in the same type manner. For instance she will say stuff about the train going by outside her room and men jumping off that she is afraid of. When she was a child she lived next to a train track and back then there were alot of men who would ride the trains to jobs etc. Similar stuff about my dad being down on that bridge etc. and my Dad built bridges for a trade when we were very small.... SOOOO I think it has something to do with bit's and pieces of their memories and since they go so back in time who knows what things occured when they were children that they may have expeiranced and relate things too. Anyway I disagree FIRMLY with your sister, and you and your brother especially if one of you are POA need to enforce your mom being placed on an antidepressant of some sort. It can be mild but believe me it was the best thing we had them do for mom. It has caused her to be more calmer and not so upset so much. Can you just imagine how it must be for the person with this disease???? I think we underestimate the stress on them that this disease causes. I would insist she be placed on one right away, it cant hurt her and she will probably at least not get nearly as upset. Your sister's daughter did not have dementia so not at all the same comparison. However I dont think the hallucinations ever completely go away but they can lessen in their effect. The bistral that mom takes and the buspar helps her along with namenda, areocept, and one other pill I cant think of the name right now. But since they started that one she has less attempts at trying to get out. None of these meds make her zombied mom still goes and goes like the energizer bunny. We refused halodol ever but we do have seroquil which is a lesser anti-physcotic only if needed for calming. Sometimes mom can be irate. Anyway hope this helps , have a nice time, and stand your ground I think your right on about the antidepressant. About the EX try to focus on where you are now and how far you have come, dont let the ugly fears of the past creep in and paralyize your life. You'll be okay and I'll have my friend pray for God's protection over you. Take care, jess