Dear Camilla: I hate like hell to butt in, but it seems PWP
after PWP on the List has gone downhill re: dementia
recently, and nobody has tried the damned Clozaril. I KNOW
that the bloodwork is difficult and the paperwork for the
prescriber is a pain in the ass, BUT...if we can get blood
from my patients, they can get it from Peter. Trust me on
this one. I know my psych meds inside and out. Also, many
nursing homes really don't know how to handle psych
problems, with or without PD. PLEASE try it. I have seen it
work small miracles. Now,if you have, and it didn't work,
let me know and I'll shut my big mouth. Just PLEASE get
back back to me ASAP. Although we have never even spoken
to each other, I think of you as a friend and I am
concerned about Peter.
Love, PsychiatricRNGrinch
--- Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Peg and friends---I really appreciate your sharing
> your experience ,
> and it has been helpful to me, I hope to others also.
> Maybe Jeff will add
> it to the CARE website?
>
> Today we hit bottom---and I thought of you and Harry even
> more. When I got
> to Westover at 8:45 AM today, Peter was having a complete
> paranoid episode,
> and we ended up with his insisting he would not go back
> to his room,
> everyone was evil, food was poisoned, the whole
> thing---he insisted they
> call the police, even though we told him they would take
> him to the
> hospital. No one could make any headway with him, and by
> then of course I
> was one of the bad guys too,because I wouldn't take him
> home ! At the
> nearest hospital ER they followed the instruction of the
> Westover staff
> psychiatrist, who luckily had seen him a few days
> earlier, and arranged to
> transfer him to Cincinnati (an hour away) where one
> hospital has a
> supposedly fine Geriatric Psych unit. They had to give
> him a shot of
> Ativan to quiet him, but even then he wouldn't take his
> meds. The social
> worker from the psych unit spoke to me by phone, and
> seemed very
> understanding and competent. He will be Peter's worker.
> He told me to go
> home and rest, and come down for visiting hours in the
> morning, bringing
> some clothes. etc. Our son-in-law's mother is visiting
> them and will
> drive down with me tomorrow, as both daughters have to
> work. The hope is
> to get meds adjusted so he will be willing and able to
> return to Westover.
> We knew the changes would be very hard due to his
> dementia, but saw no
> alternative. The problems with meds--timeliness and his
> refusal of them at
> times-- have added the final layer of stress. Yes, there
> were some good
> days, pleasant visits, but increasingly he was begging to
> come home. He
> has of course forgotten now that going there was his own
> idea----I'll try
> to keep friends updated as we go along. Thanks to all
> for your loving
> concern, prayers, and suggestions.
>
>
>
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> >Camilla,
> >
> >Decided to send this to the list in case our discussion
> could help others
> >faced with placing their loved ones.
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