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Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.

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helpless35
helpless35

Hi everyone 


today is the day I take my mother to see a  psychiatrist and see how far into  dementia she may have, I can’t wait to get her on the right track back to health and hopefully with medicine this may happen, I was told that even with dementia it’s not going to stop, but with medicine it will help slow it down, she deserves to have a peaceful life, and to enjoy what’s left of it with her love ones ..... including me ( lol ) wish us luck everyone!!!! 

OLDBIKER
OLDBIKER
I messaged you this morning. Dementia can be slowed down to some degree. This is a difficult disease to deal with. It's so debilitating at times. My prayers are with you and your mom.
freespiritedkitten1983
freespiritedkitten1983
my Grandparents had that when I was a little kid, and yes some medicines can help it. Oldbiker is right, it also is a difficult disease, but with support from you and all of your family, she should be ok, unless the Dr. tells otherwise. But very much GoodLuck <3 and Mega Prayers for you and your family also <3
Community LeaderThePepperMan
ThePepperMan
Before my mother passed away she had slipped into dementia. She had good days and bad days; this much anybody could have told me. The biggest lesson I learned was that there would be times where reorienting my mother to reality was the best path to go, and there would be times where entering her alternate reality was the best way to go.

She used to take disjoint memories and merge them into a single memory. For example, she talked about a pet from my childhood as being part of my dauther's childhood. One day I looked into her eyes and saw incredible pain as she tried to understand us trying to help her re-connect the pieces where they belonged. She believed to her core that she had it right, and her pain was more than I could take.

That was when I realized that it was time to indulge her stitched together memories and go with it. My pain came from knowing that when my children were young they would be able to connect events more correctly as they grew; but mom was only going to get deeper and deeper into memory issues.

And accepting this led me to a much better place.

Gentle hugs, your journey will be hard, but you can manage it.
Community LeaderThePepperMan
ThePepperMan
ps, there is a group here for people who are taking care of aging parents. Please look us up. You will find people there (like me!) who have walked your path, or people who are walking the path you are on. Some will be further along, others not so much.
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