A Hallucination Observation

[Guest guest]

OK -- was visiting mom and doing those 'finish the phrase' games with

mom. First the funny: I said, " Eat like a... " and instead of " horse "

mom said " " But then awhile later mom saw a horse when we

were sitting outside on the patio. I acknowledged and steered the

conversation away from the horse. Awhile later -- mom mentioned it

again -- and she was frightened of the horse. Then she asked if I saw

the cow -- so I then decided it was time to have a change of scenery

and we went indoors. So, although it was odd, I didn't think much of

it. Mom has never mentioned seeing a horse before (mostly her

hallucinations include my deceased father, " two beautiful red-haired

boys " , and a cat.)

Yesterday's visit -- we were in the sun room along with the geriatric

massage therapist that visits my mom weekly for a massage & music

therapy session... And the geriatric massage therapist mentioned that

she saw a bear when she was in New Hampshire recently and she told us

the story of seeing a baby bear on the porch in the house she was

staying in. Awhile later mom was staring off into space and I asked

what she was looking at -- she said she was looking at the bears...

Both times mom was more tired than usual...

I wonder if our conversations and/or what our LOs watch on TV, etc.

sometimes influence the brain to develop these hallucinations.

Although mom's other hallucinations are somewhat permanent -- she

mentions them out of the blue many times (my dad, the boys, the cat)

Just thinking out loud here...

[Guest guest]

My mother frequently had visions of my father, that our horses were -out of the

fences - running free, and visions of our old family milk cow. Mostly they

were not items of fear, but once she wanted me to go out and untie the rope

holding the milk cow because the calf was tangled up too. What was funny, is

that I can't ever remember Old Red being tied up. That 45 or so years ago when

Old Red was our family pet milk cow, during summer, she usually went free

range- unfenced around the farm, but she would routinely return to the house at

milking time, and she would just stand there while mom or dad milked. We had

half a dozen different family milk cows after Old Red, but that is the cow that

mom saw.

I did buy mom some real parakeets when she told of some strange visions of

parakeets. We also got a house kitten that was great comfort for her. Buddy

the Cat stayed pretty close to her, and slept with her in her chair, or on her

bed with her. For my mom, the live animals mostly trumped the visions, and

gave her some peace.

Dann

wrote:

OK -- was visiting mom and doing those 'finish the phrase' games with

mom. First the funny: I said, " Eat like a... " and instead of " horse "

mom said " " But then awhile later mom saw a horse when we

were sitting outside on the patio. I acknowledged and steered the

conversation away from the horse. Awhile later -- mom mentioned it

again -- and she was frightened of the horse. Then she asked if I saw

the cow -- so I then decided it was time to have a change of scenery

and we went indoors. So, although it was odd, I didn't think much of

it. Mom has never mentioned seeing a horse before (mostly her

hallucinations include my deceased father, " two beautiful red-haired

boys " , and a cat.)

Yesterday's visit -- we were in the sun room along with the geriatric

massage therapist that visits my mom weekly for a massage & music

therapy session... And the geriatric massage therapist mentioned that

she saw a bear when she was in New Hampshire recently and she told us

the story of seeing a baby bear on the porch in the house she was

staying in. Awhile later mom was staring off into space and I asked

what she was looking at -- she said she was looking at the bears...

Both times mom was more tired than usual...

I wonder if our conversations and/or what our LOs watch on TV, etc.

sometimes influence the brain to develop these hallucinations.

Although mom's other hallucinations are somewhat permanent -- she

mentions them out of the blue many times (my dad, the boys, the cat)

Just thinking out loud here...

[Guest guest]

I've had the same thoughts about t.v. I stopped the war programs, the news,

cop shows, etc., and a lot of the disturbances have subsided. It is either the

cooking shows, comedies, or other light materials for us now. When my

husband would awaken, I could tell by his vocabulary that he had picked up on a

recent show. Arlene

[Guest guest]

Yes, I too have noticed the same thing if he awakes and the TV is on he somehow

is playing a scenerio from the TV... I've recently started putting his TV at

night time on the Country Western Music Channel...

Zweibeers@... wrote:

I've had the same thoughts about t.v. I stopped the war programs, the news,

cop shows, etc., and a lot of the disturbances have subsided. It is either the

cooking shows, comedies, or other light materials for us now. When my

husband would awaken, I could tell by his vocabulary that he had picked up on a

recent show. Arlene