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Need advise for DID mother with new Alzheimers.
Need advise for DID mother with new Alzheimers.
Mom has DID and now Alzheimers. Ironically all 6 of her personalities seem to be sharing the disease that we can see. Things are out of control now. She is accusing all of us of destroying her jewelry, taping items around her house, stealing her salt & pepper shakers. None of them seem to remember doing any of these things and she is irate all of the time. HELP! She insists that "she" would never do these things and if she did, she eventually would remember and she does not. What can we do? She has lost close to 50 pounds now because she does not trust food. Won't take most of her meds cause the Dr.s are giving her things to kill her. And, why would someone tape her items in the house, take her salt shakers, destroy her jewelry. It is continuous and driving us just as nuts. Any help on this?
Re: Need advise for DID mother with new Alzheimers.
My friend's mom had Alzheimer's. It was a tough decision to put her in a care facility, but the best one they could have made. She did much better with a trained staff who made sure she took her meds & ate properly. They also kept her in an organized, scheduled environment. They need that. She had friends around all the time & even had a boyfriend.
Some decisions are tough...hope this helps.
The sun will rise...tomorrow will come...I will have another chance.
Re: Need advise for DID mother with new Alzheimers.
Thank you for the advise on the Alzheimers Lenore. A nursing facility is not an option for us at this point as my family feel she should die at home and not be "put away". My issue I may not have gotten across well enough is her DID now With the Alzheimers. She has 6 distinct people inside of her and they all switch on a dime. We have learned to deal with all of them but now things are really insane at her house with continuous drama. Everything is Out Of Control now. I think they all have Alzheimers and none of them remember much any more and she is very difficult to handle now. Here is a very benign for instance, before if one of them placed a brush on the living room table, and another one found that brush there, she would have said, now how on earth did this get here. Now that same scenario after she finds it out of place is,Who would do this to me? Who has been in my house? Who has my keys? Why would someone do this to me? Which escalates to wanting to put video cameras in her house and firing her home care workers, etc. This stuff goes on daily. We just do not know what to do about this. Can Anyone out there help us?
Re: Need advise for DID mother with new Alzheimers.
This suspiciousness sounds like regular Alzheimer's stuff to me. My aunt works in the Alzheimer's wing at one of the nursing homes here and deals with some of this type of behaviour. Of course every patient she deals with is different and not all of them develop the suspicion, but a few do. I am really sorry that you have to be going through so much. There really isnt an easy answer on what to do in this kind of a situation. If she doesn't remember firing the home care workers than having a trained person to help really is the best thing.
Re: Need advise for DID mother with new Alzheimers.
Sorry for the name change but it is me. Well I don't know how to explain this better. With her having DiD she never knew anything any of the others did daily. This part we are all used to. But now with the Alzheimers it is at a new level. The game has changed. Not only does she not kno what is going on from one minute to the other like always, but now, even the ones that would help to keep her organized so to speak, cannot. If this makes sense to you. She is now literally falling apart. Even the ones that used to be capable of handling the finances cant. My sister is in charge of her care and has to do EVERYTHING for her and run both homes and both homes finances. She used to have some who understood how to use a tv remote or turn a radio on, but not all of them could do this. Now none of them can. She just sits in her house walking from room to room and collects stuff now. Bugs, newspapers, magazine clippings, etc. This still is not the problem. I just don't think I could really explain what we are dealing with here. If it was just DID it would be managable. If it was just Alzheimers, it would be managable. But both together tips everything off the top. All of them have Alzheimers not just one or a few. Everything is crazy over there now. Ughh.
Re: Need advise for DID mother with new Alzheimers.
DID is a mental health issue, Alzheimers is physical. It can be managed with medications for a time, but the disease progresses. You said your mom won't take her meds because she is paranoid, how can her Alzeheimers be managed at all if she is not taking her meds? Are there any alternative ways she can get her meds, maybe without her knowing it? I've seen a "patch" advertised for Alzheimers, maybe that is an option. I can understand you wanting to keep her at home, I would want to do that too for my mom. I'm sure there is a way to get her the care she needs at home & It may be better to look for a forum that deals with this disease. They may have ideas in handling the paranoia & such that comes with it.
What does her therapist suggest?
The sun will rise...tomorrow will come...I will have another chance.
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