Guest guest Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 Courage I think you to be very wise and I am working on getting this across to my loved ones.thank you for your response....Hugs....Patti > Hi Patti, > > I can tell you that I (along with mom's GP who was open to all my > suggestions and got to the point where he let me tell him what she was > taking) used to tweak mom's meds all the time to help her maintain a certain > level of ability/quality of life. > For instance, if I noticed that her mobility was suffering I would up her > levadopa by half a tab for only one administration a day (say in the evening > so that we could get her into her pj's and bed). > If her anxiety was especially bad I'd give her a good squirt of Valerian and > once that stopped having a positive effect I started looking for other meds > and she started on Seroquel. It's just as important for me to tell you that > I always had and still have mom on low doses of all meds and I go very slow > on either adding more or any new drug. > The nurse at LTC remarked that my mom was on very low doses and doing > remarkably well. I told him that I worked very hard at that and that > drugged up zombies are easy - he smiled. Hope this helps. > Courage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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