My mother is taking pills, one does not work she takes another . She sleeps during the day from the hangover of pills. Night she can not sleep she takes sleeping pills, one does not work takes a second, maybe a third. Then she take presone for pain. What should I do. Take her medication making believe she does not know where she put it? I am confuse. She illusioned and blames people of crazy ideas. Like someone putting flece all over toilet tissue and toilet. She did it. About 6 yrs. ago she thought someone came from 23 fl to her fl20 and went to the bathroom again all over fleces and she claims she was sprayed . It was her again. What to do?
I don't worry so much about her Tylenol III. She doesn't misuse it. I flushed some old sleeping pills because I didn't want her taking one benzo on top of another. It is tough when our elders are drug addicts. My mother is nearly 86 and has dementia, so I don't really want her to go through detox. I just want her to not use her lorazepam the way she will if left to her own devices.
I've tried to convince her to get one the the boxes that will let her use her medicines only at certain times. She got angry and said that she would break it, because it didn't understand that sometimes she needed more. She said I had better not even bring it in the house or she would break it.
The semi-taking charge of her medicines has had good results. She used to make herself sick taking too much Metformin. That hasn't happened since I started our new method. She often double-dosed on blood pressure medicine. She denied all this, but I count, so I know. And she has dementia, along with tending to be a bit dishonest to start with. If she is not incompetent and will not work with you on the meds, try taking a more gentle control that makes her feel like she is still in charge. You may be able to come up with something that works in your situation. (I too worry about her being alone with her drugs.)
Good luck-it's difficult but once the routine is set, it really works!
It's apparent that the time has come where Mom shouldn't be living alone or at least caring for herself. Is your sister willing to step up and help you with this? Is this something you are willing to take on? You might also want to look into placing Mom where she will have 24/7 care with oversight of her medication so there isn't the possibility of an overdose. It sounds like no matter what you do Mom is not going to be happy, and keep in mind that some of her unhappiness right now could be caused by the amount of medication she is ingesting. It's hard to make the decisions for what we think is best for our loved one when they have lost the ability to live on their own. This may be tough in the beginning.....getting Mom to the doctor and getting her medication regulated....but it can be done. You will need to be firm and let things that Mom says roll off you.....remember you are making changes to allow her to have a good quality of life and for you to also continue to live knowing she is being taken care of. Good luck to you!
afternoon, bedtime. It stays on top of the refrigerator where she can't reach it. This works out well. Once a week, I fill the box from my typed list.
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