What can I do right now at this moment?
Mom is agitated, angry, uncooperative. She won't go to bed, won't sit down, won't take a shower, won't do anything I ask her to do.

I let her be and she gets into things that she shouldn't be getting into. As you can imagine, she is getting real mean when I suggest she go to bed.

She's had all her p.m. meds.

I'm afraid she'll get into something that is dangerous to her, or will make a mess of things or ruin things. I'm afraid she might fall over out of exhaustion. She's already very tipsy.

I made an appointment a while ago to see her dr. WE don't get in until 10/30.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Call her doctor. The office is closed, but they have an answering service for things like this. Her doctor or the doctor on call can call you back and address your concern. Being a doctor isn't a 9-5 Mon-Fri job. They're there to help you. They should be able to call something in to a 24 hour pharmacy and hopefully, either you can take your Mom with you or someone else can pick it up.

If this behavior is new for her, I'd take her to her primary care doctor Monday to make sure there isn't a Non-AD reason.

1) Sing a song, out loud, that she might remember from when you were growing up.

With my mom - things like Camptown Ladies or A Bushel And A Peck work well, or Froggy Went A' Courting.

2) Depending on her meds and the details of her condition, I might consider giving her an extra pill or capsule to help calm her down. But that's just me.

3) And I agree - call the doctor now and if they don't respond this weekend (like my mom's previous doctor ), call first thing Monday.

If this is new behavior, they can call in a small dose of something like Seroquel to calm her down and check for other medical developments (UTI, pneumonia, etc.) that might be contributing to her agitation.

If the behaviour become intolerant call 911 and have her admitted to geri-psych. They will keep her until her behaviour is controlled by medication and then she can be admitted to rehab for PT.

You don't know how much I appreciate you guys. Just the fact that you responded was a huge help. I sit here and think, is it me? Am I being impatient? intolerant?

She is already on Seroquel 2x day, Xanax 2x, trazodone, and Resperidone 2x.

This isn't a new behavior but it's not like this EVERY SINGLE day.

OMG, I'm crying so much right now because you understand.

I just gave her a Meletonin vitamin in some ice cream. I thought that would be safe.

Damn, I was going to say, I think she's in bed now, but no, she's putting her clothes back on.

I have called the dr. before at 4 in the morning. They never call in a prescription, if I do hear back from them.

OK, I know what I'll have to do if this continues.

Thank you, SO, SO MUCH!

Hi Robin,

How is today going for you? Has your Mom calmed down at all?

Just wanted you to know that I was thinking about you.

I'm anxious to know what happened, too.