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Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, dementia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, personality disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, stress, transitions, and work problems.
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they call and go to the Dr often with all these illnesses (some of which are psychosomatic) and, unfortunately, Drs just RX something in the 4minutes they have for the office assessment/visit! I have experienced this many, many times. If you could see how many meds most of my geriatric patients are on... many times from several different Drs who do not coordinate care.
Another thing I would think about is: is your mom mis-managing her meds? Do you assist her in setting them up and taking them? is it possible she is overmedicating herself/confused about when and how much of something to take? Does she have full-access to all her meds? sadly, many elderly people are Dxd w/ "dementia",etc and sometimes even placed in nursing care b/c they seem so out of it and many many times, they are simply overmedicating themselves into a stupor.
If you have not already, I would go to the below website and key in all her meds and see what interactions there might be and share this list with her Dr. DO NOT be afraid/intimidated to call, ask questions, harrass if necessary to get your mother the care she needs. Unfortunately, Drs are so over-worked these days (especially in the low-income bracket) they do not have time, etc to really case manage each client. That is where I come in to really monitor and assist the patient.
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Take care,
Erin
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