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  MissDaphne05EV (09/12/09)

  I'm really sorry to hear that you're having such a hard time. When my mom was in the hospital it was the worst time of my life. I can really sympathize with what you're going through.
  
  By the way, I've added you as a friend on my list.
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  MissDaphne05EV (08/30/09)

  I'm really sorry that I did not reply sooner but I haven't been here in the past few weeks. I work in education and it's "back to school" time so I've spent the past few weeks preparing to go "back to work."
  
  I know what you're going through with her seeing the imaginary people and all that, and it's really frustrating. In one of our last conversations I mentioned some of the medications that my mom is taking
  and I said that they worked fine, but things have changed. At the time she told me that she had not seen any of those "people" in awhile so I thought that the medications were doing great, but later on she said that she started seeing them again. Generally speaking, she was pretty mild over the summer when I was at home with her, but since I started back to work a couple weeks ago she seems to have gotten somewhat worse. I don't know what to do, because, firstly she thinks nothing is wrong with her. Secondly, she is refusing to go back to the neurologist that treated her in the hospital because she "doesn't" trust him." And thirdly, the psychiatrist that prescribed the meds in the first place has moved on, and there is not way that my mom would consent to going to a shrink -- she only saw the last guy because she had no choice. Her regular doctor dosn't know because he's just a regular doctor with no expertise in thins area.
  
  So I'm left holding the bag with no one to ask as to whether the dosage needs to be increased, if she should be put on other medication, or if I should leave well enough alone, because she is much better with this medication than she is without it. Before this medication she was a nightmare and I was scarred to death.
  
  Someone had suggested Risperdal, the medication that you mentioned. But I did some general research on it beforehand and saw that it was dangerous, the FDA even put an alert on it. So I'm just winging it from day to day. Thank you for your concern it was really nice to hear from you. I think that all of us in this community should stick together because we need better solutions to deal with these problems. :)
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  MissDaphne05EV (07/06/09)

  Thank you so much! I could really use a friend in a time like this.