Thanks Meg for your replies .. http://www.carersuk.org/images/icon_smile.gif Mum has been spiteful in the past i just shrugged it off, But this time it got very personal to me and it was in front of the carers as well, Stuff like i am fat i was 15st 2ib in sept and lost 2 stone by christmas, i don't...

<t>Mum has tramadol for years .. She has tried other meds but they caused problems like codeine phosphate they bung her up for weeks, co dydramol makes her sick .. so it was left to tramdol <br/> <br/> Everytime she was in hospital they would change tabs .. We recently stopped amlodipine in oct and ...

Thank you .. http://www.carersuk.org/images/icon_smile.gif I have to phone the Dr's tommorrow as mum has finished the tabs the dr gave her 2 weeks ago and see what he wants me to do? The tabs he gave her are quetiapine 12.5mg and citalopram tablets 10mg Her other medication she take's is: lansoprazo...

Neurological conditions (like stroke, Parkinsons) can make you more prone to dementias, Brogusblue, and they can lead to changes in character - it's possible that what's happning with your mum is something to do with that. Is she showing signs of forgetting stuff, or putting things in wrong places?...

Yes i had a carers assement in oct 2011 there was nothing else they could, they want to cut the lenght of some calls but we argued and they are staying the same for now ..

Thanks .. http://www.carersuk.org/images/icon_smile.gif what upset me the most is i brought her a new tv and stand for christmas along with a coat and small gifts cost me just over £250.00, she started to throw things at the tv so i decided to take it out and sell it on ebay only goy 1/2 of my money...

<t>I have been caring for my disabled mum who is 75 for the last 20 years, i am 38 and live with my mum as the main carer, We do have a agency come in 3 times daily 1 hour in the morning (1 carer) lunchtime and evening 30 mins (2 carers), I do the rest like household, cooking cleaning,shopping ect e...

Apart from have hardly any family support i am coping fairly well, i have my good days and bad.. It would be nice if i had family around so i can take some time off to recharge the batterys once in a while..just thinking when did i have my last hoilday .. i can't remember http://www.carersuk.org/ima...

<t>I have just found out why my mums mobility has got worse over the last few months .. A carer who comes to my mum works for the NHS as a neuro physiotherapy, She commented that i should speak to the dr's which i did and we are now sure 99.9% that my mum has parkinsons .. so we are now on meds for ...

Hello My name is Jay i am 36 .. live in sunny bedfordshire.. I look after my diasabled mum who is now 74 and have done since 2003 .. When i first started it wasn't too bad but in 2007 my mum had a big fall and broke 9 bones in her foot and the hospital let her rot on the ward and she was bed bound f...