Mom came to me this morning and said she needed to talk. I requested she let me get breakfast finished and meet me in the living room. She sat down on the couch and stated,
“Jill, I’m scared and do not know what to do.”
Now she was scaring me. I did not know what to think. I asked her;
“Mom, tell me what’s wrong? Are you OK? You are scaring me, talk to me, please.”
She continued with the dreams she was experiencing and they were scaring her. She was swearing she was awake first thing in the mornings and would close her eyes and see trees. She’d open her eyes again and everything is fine.
She said every time she’d close her eyes, something weird would happen. There were times she said that when her eyes closed, it was like she was looking in a mirror. She stuck her tongue out at the image, and it did the same back at her.
She is still seeing the child floating around the house in a rocker. She asked if Barry and I were seeing it. Of course, I told her no. Next she kept repeating, I’m going crazy, that is the only answer.
We called the doctor to discuss her medications and possible interactions. Mom takes a lot of vitamins. At this time, her doctor thinks she is having a drug interaction between one of her vitamins and drugs. We have her on the right track.
Hopefully, this will solve the problem within a week. If not, I’ll be in search of a specialist and taking her vitamins/pills away from her and giving them to her myself. She will not take that well. She thinks we think she is stupid as it is, I might start World War Three taking her medicines and vitamins from her.
Can I runaway from home? Am I too old? I guess I should take Barry and Maggie with me.
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The Dr had my Grandma on so many different meds that she was seeing aliens. I came home for the week, saw what was going on and contacted the Dr. He told me, she is old and will die soon, who cares what she sees? Needless to say my parents got her into a new Dr who removed 80% of the meds she was on, as they were unnecessary and she lived another 10 years without incident. Always verify with the pharmacist as well, they might catch something the Dr does not.
Thank you! What we are working on!
I’m sorry your mum is having these difficulties. It causes stress for all involved obviously, I hope you can get her meds under control.
Thank you, John!