I had posted a few days ago how my Mom had been having angry outbursts with me; yelling, slamming door on me, calling to say something mean and hanging up. I did not contact her for 3 days (she lives next door to me so I checked every day her blinds were open at AM and lights on PM, also she still drives and saw her leave/come home). I called her just now and she told me that I had left a horrible message on her answering machine saying she was a terrible person and mean like her Mother and other awful things she couldn't remember. This NEVER happened. When I told her Mom I would never do that she said yes you did. She doesn't remember angry outburst, slamming door on me but swears I left that phone message. I feel just terrible, she refuses to go to Doctor. I am lost
I wonder what happened with that answering machine message! Weird. Did you get a chance to see if there were ANY messages, maybe an obscene phone call or something that she misunderstood? Could she have had some sort of vivid dream that stuck with her? Maybe it was guilt-induced?! I suppose there's no way of knowing.
Everyone is right, as so often happens: any sudden change in behaviour or personality needs investigating. By hook or by crook, get her to her doctor.
And enjoy all the hugs you get: "You got to ac-cen-tuate the positive, e-lim-inate the negative, latch on to the affirmative…" etc. There's one blessing for a start - you don't have to hear me sing!
i would slip doc a note concerning the delusional thinking and your concerns about her driving. he / she can evaluate the patients mental capacity with just a few questions.
the disease only gets worse and youll need a hell of a firm mindset to deal with it.
Now the reality is that she should NOT be driving! Please take the car away immediately!!! Not just the keys or license..