Dementia & Psychotropic Drugs

[Guest guest]

This is my father and he is in his 80's. He's in serious trouble right now, but

because he's not really mentally incompetent, he's having a field day. He

simply won't listen to me. I can't get his doctor to listen to me either. He's

always been extremely difficult, but in mid July he had a head injury and

refused any medical help. I finally snuck him in to his doctor a few days later

under another pretense and the doctor wouldn't do anything except tell me to

monitor it for 30 days. Well when I went back last week, the doctor had

forgotten I was to make a report and just about completely ignored me. Meantime

my father has sustained another possible head injury on August 1st. This is all

happening around a new-found girl friend who is a close friend of an attorney

that has suddenly decided to get involved in my father's life, taking over a

power of attorney and doing all kinds of questionable things including having my

father sign a blank death benefit form in my presence. When I told the attorney

to stop and return the form to my father, he snatched it and ran away while

calling me a Jackass.

Meanwhile my father is telling me that his doctor has changed his medications

and he doesn't know why. He's started showing signs of confusion with lots of

irritability and anger. He's also looking sometimes dazzed and almost drugged.

He's not living with me, so I have no idea what's going on. My post here was to

see if it could possibly be that someone was slipping him an SSRI or something

else. I realize also that these are signs of head injury, but the doctor is not

responding. The day after I tried to make a verbal report to the doctor, I sent

him a written report by certified mail, return receipt. I still haven't

received the return receipt.

I can't seem to get control of any of this situation and I can't seem to get any

of it to stop. Already about $20,000 is missing from my father. There is no

accounting, there is no invoice, and the lawyer is telling me he doesn't have to

talk to me because he's 'in charge'.

This is a bit off topic for here, but if anyone wants to offer me advise, feel

free to e-mail me off-group so we don't carry on too much off-topic here.

Thank you.

Merrie

> > >

> > > Please go to www.drugawareness.org and read about too-quick

> > withdrawal. Any change in dose, type of medication, even time of day

> > that meds are taken can trigger many negative effects. Starting and

> > stopping is a sure recipe for problems.

> > >

> > > Terry

> > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T

> > >

> > > Dementia & Psychotropic Drugs

> > >

> > > I have a question.

> > >

> > > I was reading on the Internet tonight that psychotropic drugs can

> > cause symtoms of a dementia type illness in normal people. Is this

> > true? I also read that psychotropic drugs, given to a person with a

> > mental impairment, would cause that person to have an accelerated

> > mental decline. Is that true? Also, if the person were to stop the

> > drug, would their head suddenly clear up? Like they take the drug for

> > a day or two, stop for a day (their head clears), and then start the

> > drug up again for a day or two, etc, etc. Could a person in that way

> > appear to go in and out of a dementia?

> > >

> > > If psychotropic drugs would not cause this, is there a drug that

> > would cause this (something that looks like dementia, heavy confusion

> > and memory loss)? I have a family member who is showing these signs

> > and won't disclose whether they've changed their medications or not. I

> > am very concerned.

> > >

> > > Thank you.

> > > Merrie

> > >

> >

> >

>

>

> --

> Lynn , LMHC, LRC, DCC

> https://distancetherapy.com/

>

[Guest guest]

This is my father and he is in his 80's. He's in serious trouble right now, but

because he's not really mentally incompetent, he's having a field day. He

simply won't listen to me. I can't get his doctor to listen to me either. He's

always been extremely difficult, but in mid July he had a head injury and

refused any medical help. I finally snuck him in to his doctor a few days later

under another pretense and the doctor wouldn't do anything except tell me to

monitor it for 30 days. Well when I went back last week, the doctor had

forgotten I was to make a report and just about completely ignored me. Meantime

my father has sustained another possible head injury on August 1st. This is all

happening around a new-found girl friend who is a close friend of an attorney

that has suddenly decided to get involved in my father's life, taking over a

power of attorney and doing all kinds of questionable things including having my

father sign a blank death benefit form in my presence. When I told the attorney

to stop and return the form to my father, he snatched it and ran away while

calling me a Jackass.

Meanwhile my father is telling me that his doctor has changed his medications

and he doesn't know why. He's started showing signs of confusion with lots of

irritability and anger. He's also looking sometimes dazzed and almost drugged.

He's not living with me, so I have no idea what's going on. My post here was to

see if it could possibly be that someone was slipping him an SSRI or something

else. I realize also that these are signs of head injury, but the doctor is not

responding. The day after I tried to make a verbal report to the doctor, I sent

him a written report by certified mail, return receipt. I still haven't

received the return receipt.

I can't seem to get control of any of this situation and I can't seem to get any

of it to stop. Already about $20,000 is missing from my father. There is no

accounting, there is no invoice, and the lawyer is telling me he doesn't have to

talk to me because he's 'in charge'.

This is a bit off topic for here, but if anyone wants to offer me advise, feel

free to e-mail me off-group so we don't carry on too much off-topic here.

Thank you.

Merrie

> > >

> > > Please go to www.drugawareness.org and read about too-quick

> > withdrawal. Any change in dose, type of medication, even time of day

> > that meds are taken can trigger many negative effects. Starting and

> > stopping is a sure recipe for problems.

> > >

> > > Terry

> > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T

> > >

> > > Dementia & Psychotropic Drugs

> > >

> > > I have a question.

> > >

> > > I was reading on the Internet tonight that psychotropic drugs can

> > cause symtoms of a dementia type illness in normal people. Is this

> > true? I also read that psychotropic drugs, given to a person with a

> > mental impairment, would cause that person to have an accelerated

> > mental decline. Is that true? Also, if the person were to stop the

> > drug, would their head suddenly clear up? Like they take the drug for

> > a day or two, stop for a day (their head clears), and then start the

> > drug up again for a day or two, etc, etc. Could a person in that way

> > appear to go in and out of a dementia?

> > >

> > > If psychotropic drugs would not cause this, is there a drug that

> > would cause this (something that looks like dementia, heavy confusion

> > and memory loss)? I have a family member who is showing these signs

> > and won't disclose whether they've changed their medications or not. I

> > am very concerned.

> > >

> > > Thank you.

> > > Merrie

> > >

> >

> >

>

>

> --

> Lynn , LMHC, LRC, DCC

> https://distancetherapy.com/

>

[Guest guest]

This is my father and he is in his 80's. He's in serious trouble right now, but

because he's not really mentally incompetent, he's having a field day. He

simply won't listen to me. I can't get his doctor to listen to me either. He's

always been extremely difficult, but in mid July he had a head injury and

refused any medical help. I finally snuck him in to his doctor a few days later

under another pretense and the doctor wouldn't do anything except tell me to

monitor it for 30 days. Well when I went back last week, the doctor had

forgotten I was to make a report and just about completely ignored me. Meantime

my father has sustained another possible head injury on August 1st. This is all

happening around a new-found girl friend who is a close friend of an attorney

that has suddenly decided to get involved in my father's life, taking over a

power of attorney and doing all kinds of questionable things including having my

father sign a blank death benefit form in my presence. When I told the attorney

to stop and return the form to my father, he snatched it and ran away while

calling me a Jackass.

Meanwhile my father is telling me that his doctor has changed his medications

and he doesn't know why. He's started showing signs of confusion with lots of

irritability and anger. He's also looking sometimes dazzed and almost drugged.

He's not living with me, so I have no idea what's going on. My post here was to

see if it could possibly be that someone was slipping him an SSRI or something

else. I realize also that these are signs of head injury, but the doctor is not

responding. The day after I tried to make a verbal report to the doctor, I sent

him a written report by certified mail, return receipt. I still haven't

received the return receipt.

I can't seem to get control of any of this situation and I can't seem to get any

of it to stop. Already about $20,000 is missing from my father. There is no

accounting, there is no invoice, and the lawyer is telling me he doesn't have to

talk to me because he's 'in charge'.

This is a bit off topic for here, but if anyone wants to offer me advise, feel

free to e-mail me off-group so we don't carry on too much off-topic here.

Thank you.

Merrie

> > >

> > > Please go to www.drugawareness.org and read about too-quick

> > withdrawal. Any change in dose, type of medication, even time of day

> > that meds are taken can trigger many negative effects. Starting and

> > stopping is a sure recipe for problems.

> > >

> > > Terry

> > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T

> > >

> > > Dementia & Psychotropic Drugs

> > >

> > > I have a question.

> > >

> > > I was reading on the Internet tonight that psychotropic drugs can

> > cause symtoms of a dementia type illness in normal people. Is this

> > true? I also read that psychotropic drugs, given to a person with a

> > mental impairment, would cause that person to have an accelerated

> > mental decline. Is that true? Also, if the person were to stop the

> > drug, would their head suddenly clear up? Like they take the drug for

> > a day or two, stop for a day (their head clears), and then start the

> > drug up again for a day or two, etc, etc. Could a person in that way

> > appear to go in and out of a dementia?

> > >

> > > If psychotropic drugs would not cause this, is there a drug that

> > would cause this (something that looks like dementia, heavy confusion

> > and memory loss)? I have a family member who is showing these signs

> > and won't disclose whether they've changed their medications or not. I

> > am very concerned.

> > >

> > > Thank you.

> > > Merrie

> > >

> >

> >

>

>

> --

> Lynn , LMHC, LRC, DCC

> https://distancetherapy.com/

>

[Guest guest]

This is my father and he is in his 80's. He's in serious trouble right now, but

because he's not really mentally incompetent, he's having a field day. He

simply won't listen to me. I can't get his doctor to listen to me either. He's

always been extremely difficult, but in mid July he had a head injury and

refused any medical help. I finally snuck him in to his doctor a few days later

under another pretense and the doctor wouldn't do anything except tell me to

monitor it for 30 days. Well when I went back last week, the doctor had

forgotten I was to make a report and just about completely ignored me. Meantime

my father has sustained another possible head injury on August 1st. This is all

happening around a new-found girl friend who is a close friend of an attorney

that has suddenly decided to get involved in my father's life, taking over a

power of attorney and doing all kinds of questionable things including having my

father sign a blank death benefit form in my presence. When I told the attorney

to stop and return the form to my father, he snatched it and ran away while

calling me a Jackass.

Meanwhile my father is telling me that his doctor has changed his medications

and he doesn't know why. He's started showing signs of confusion with lots of

irritability and anger. He's also looking sometimes dazzed and almost drugged.

He's not living with me, so I have no idea what's going on. My post here was to

see if it could possibly be that someone was slipping him an SSRI or something

else. I realize also that these are signs of head injury, but the doctor is not

responding. The day after I tried to make a verbal report to the doctor, I sent

him a written report by certified mail, return receipt. I still haven't

received the return receipt.

I can't seem to get control of any of this situation and I can't seem to get any

of it to stop. Already about $20,000 is missing from my father. There is no

accounting, there is no invoice, and the lawyer is telling me he doesn't have to

talk to me because he's 'in charge'.

This is a bit off topic for here, but if anyone wants to offer me advise, feel

free to e-mail me off-group so we don't carry on too much off-topic here.

Thank you.

Merrie

> > >

> > > Please go to www.drugawareness.org and read about too-quick

> > withdrawal. Any change in dose, type of medication, even time of day

> > that meds are taken can trigger many negative effects. Starting and

> > stopping is a sure recipe for problems.

> > >

> > > Terry

> > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T

> > >

> > > Dementia & Psychotropic Drugs

> > >

> > > I have a question.

> > >

> > > I was reading on the Internet tonight that psychotropic drugs can

> > cause symtoms of a dementia type illness in normal people. Is this

> > true? I also read that psychotropic drugs, given to a person with a

> > mental impairment, would cause that person to have an accelerated

> > mental decline. Is that true? Also, if the person were to stop the

> > drug, would their head suddenly clear up? Like they take the drug for

> > a day or two, stop for a day (their head clears), and then start the

> > drug up again for a day or two, etc, etc. Could a person in that way

> > appear to go in and out of a dementia?

> > >

> > > If psychotropic drugs would not cause this, is there a drug that

> > would cause this (something that looks like dementia, heavy confusion

> > and memory loss)? I have a family member who is showing these signs

> > and won't disclose whether they've changed their medications or not. I

> > am very concerned.

> > >

> > > Thank you.

> > > Merrie

> > >

> >

> >

>

>

> --

> Lynn , LMHC, LRC, DCC

> https://distancetherapy.com/

>