I feel like I have been awake forever. Today has been really long.
To catch you up: Yesterday my doctor decided that I needed to come off the med I have been on and try something different. Well Duh! I will be taking some things I have taken before but not in this combination. I have to come off the old med slowing and work up to a "therapeutic dose" of the new stuff. It should take about a month to get everything the way it should be taken. I have to go back in 2 weeks and get blood levels for whatever he needs to watch. I'm ok with that. I have been on stuff before that you had to do liver checks every so often and even the drug levels to make sure everything was ok. So we will see if things work. It may take a few weeks. But that is where I am now.
Had to take mom to the doctor this morning. She refused to let dad take her. I went in with her and talked to her doctor about mom's memory and other things that seems "off". The doctor gave mom a memory test. It showed that she has mild memory loss. The doctor is starting her on something called Aricept. It is supposed to stop (or slow down) any more memory loss, but what has already happened in her brain will stay that way -- or I guess I should say she won't get any better. Hopefully not worse but definetly not better.
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My telephones are messing up. The cordless ones won't work. I thought maybe it was the battery but dad checked into it for me and it is something I have to get customer support for. Something about reprograming the handsets to "talk to" the base. I don't understand at all. I tried calling the 1-800 number on my cell phone but with all the menu's you have to go through I got really fed up. They did give a web site so I went there and emailed them about the problem. I got astandard reply saying they would get back to me within 1 to 3 business days. Great. I do have 1 phone that works (ya know the old kind that has a cord from the handset to the phone base). I have it in the kitchen so if the phone rings I will have to run into the kitchen to get it. We are way too spoiled with all the new technology stuff. I remember when you actually had to dial (rotary) a phone, no push buttons back then. Am I telling my age?
Just got this new tag. Love it. I love Hitchcock movies and the Birds is one of the best.
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We have cheap cordless phones. They tear up we buy a new one. We have a Tracphone so it is pretty cool. Tammy
Hi Kathy...
I hope you are feeling better than of late and i hope your new meds will be ok for you and that you will feel much better. I'm so sorry that your mum won't be getting any better though! I always keep one of my old cord phones handy, just incase my handset one packs up...love your siggy. Best Wishes and Take care...
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I hope the changing of the meds goes well. I have had one easy experience of this and one not-so-easy experience-I really hope this helps. I am sorry about your mother and hope Aracept helps. I'll be thinking about you. Margo
I remember "party" lines where you had to wait for the other person to get off before you could use the phone and you didn't even know who they were..........now that's age. LOL!
Wishing you all the best with your new meds and do hope that your mom's treatment will halt her memory loss. I like all the graphics!! Too cute. - Barbara
aricept is for alzhiermres wish I d get my mom to admit hse has isues. Ihoe pypour new meds work for you
My wife takes Aricept for her Multiple Sclerosis memory loss and it definitely has slowed her progression of that particular symptom.
Patrick
Good luck with the new meds. A shrink once told me that the more you need antidpressants -- the faster they start working. That has mostly turned out to be true in my (extensive) experience with mental pills.
Russ
OK.
I've read back three or four posts, and I think I get the picture. I want you to know that I consider you an real life friend, and I know I suck.
The only reason I haven't contacted you is because I have been in a Major League Episode since my birthday in October. I haven't written, haven't painted, no photography...nothing. I sleep all day so I won't have to talk to the 2-3 people who might be out in the yard and might try to engage me in conversation.
I was on two anti's...but one was samples from an ex-doctor-friend of mine, and when it ran out (wellbutrin), I didn't bother to have it refilled. So, I'm only on Lexapro, and I am hanging on by my fingernails.
I've actually been dreaming of late, and when I awake, I am sad. I'd rather stay in my dreams, with the few that loved me no matter what, than deal with life on life's terms.
I love you, and I know you are there.
~Andi
I remember when we didn't have a telephone does that show my age?
We only have cell phones in my house. I love it. I just carry my cell phone with me every where. Hope the mess gets straightned out.
Missie
Hope the phone mess gets sorted, Kathy - good luck with the transition from one med to the next.
Kathy, Good luck with the new medications, switching from one to the other has always been a pain for me, currently taking the Lexapro :( the thing is in my opinion, they never work for very long ~ I wonder if that is subconcious on my part? Blessings for your Mom... and you & your father. I love your tags lol know where I can get one with a black cat? I never can find those things, when I get on a search, I lose my focus... it's the PTSD or so I'm told that makes me do that. Teresa
I think everyone thinks of that movie when we see a bunch of birds.... I love that movie. I hope you have an easy time in switching medicines. That can really be tough on you mentally... Fell better soon.
Love Christine
I only have a cell phone now. I stopped having a land line about a year ago. I hope your phone mess gets sorted and good luck with the medications.
Pam
I hope the medication helps your mom and that she is doing well. And I hope that you're doing better too! :)
Lori
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