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moira
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Does anyone know anything about Alzheimer’s disease or senile dementia? My mom seems to be getting stranger lately; ie.remembers nothing I’ve told her, thinks everything is about her, a constant need to be the center of attention, yelling at me.
On Christmas night, after what I thought was a nice day; I picked her up at 8:30 A.M., made sure she got to Mass, opened presents with her, fed her, helped her do everything, (she’s in a wheelchair), I got her in the car to drive her home. After a couple of blocks, she started yelling at me and telling me that I was a miserable mother and didn’t help my kids and treated them abominably. I told her I resented her yelling at me and my kids were my business not hers. She started yelling again and said they were her business and I was miserable. My kids are 25, 24, 15 yr. old twins, and 10. This really hurt, especially since I don’t know where it came from. It was really hard to continue taking her home, making sure she got into bed alright, etc. In my head this mantra kept playing “Love is an action, not a feeling” because I didn’t feel particularly loving at this point.
Could this be something really wrong with her? She is almost 87 yrs. old.
On Christmas night, after what I thought was a nice day; I picked her up at 8:30 A.M., made sure she got to Mass, opened presents with her, fed her, helped her do everything, (she’s in a wheelchair), I got her in the car to drive her home. After a couple of blocks, she started yelling at me and telling me that I was a miserable mother and didn’t help my kids and treated them abominably. I told her I resented her yelling at me and my kids were my business not hers. She started yelling again and said they were her business and I was miserable. My kids are 25, 24, 15 yr. old twins, and 10. This really hurt, especially since I don’t know where it came from. It was really hard to continue taking her home, making sure she got into bed alright, etc. In my head this mantra kept playing “Love is an action, not a feeling” because I didn’t feel particularly loving at this point.
Could this be something really wrong with her? She is almost 87 yrs. old.