Posted by alienatari on October 19, 2007, at 4:54:35
In reply to Re: Stelazine, posted by your#1fan on October 18, 2007, at 23:59:56
Thank you. Im sorry to hear that about your grandmother. It is hard, also very close with mine and spent a lot of time growing up with my grandparents.
She does not take any psych meds that I know of. She is on chemotherapy though (daily dosage, not acute treatment) for a blood disorder that she has. She is also about to start medication for her diabetes.
She is obviously not well physically and I dont know how she is going to look after herself, let alone my aunty for much longer. She wont allow any outside help. As i was saying before she baths my aunty (atleast twice a day because she does not wipe herself or sometimes doesnt make it to the toilet at all). She wont allow any outside help except from close family members which makes it hard (Mum has a back injury and a heart condition so she cant do much (if any) physical work, other aunty does a lot of the house work, cousin is there to help too but is trying to get her education (like I am)). My sister has offered no help (example of this is when my uncle was coming home from surgery when he had cancer and needed a ride home, organised with my sister to pick him up that day because I had an exam at uni. When that day came we phoned her and she was at the zoo said she forgot about it and couldnt pick him up so I missed the test and they failed me for that subject.)
I really have no idea what meds she had when she was in hospital that one time. From what she tells me she wasnt on any but this cannot be true. However, she did come home med free.
Again as far as I know she has never been on any type of tranquilizer, sedative/sleeping medication/hypnotic/benzodiazapine/barbiturate.
Aunty has only been on phenothiazines.
Neither of them are seeing a psychiatrist anymore and have not for a long time (maybe 10 years or more?).
> what kind of medications has she been in the past? besdides antipsychosis medications?
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> my grandmother right now is in Demitia 2nd stage (the one right before you get catatonic) she takes Aricept. My grandmother was on phenobarbital and and older drug called miltown when i grew up with her, till she moved out of her old house in 2003, it was in the middle of a real dangerous club area. both together because anxiety runs in our family. She lived in that house for almost 30 years. The town now is an upscale area, very expensive.
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> Does sedatives help or just cause your grandmother to get angry because this has been known with sedatives (hynotics)
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> Would they help, only her doctor knows whats best....
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> I hope you well for your grandmother, my granmother is going to to heaven soon...... makes me wanta cry all my childhood i spent with her...oh god....
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> My best wishes to you alien.
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