Re: Differences in hallucinations

August 28, 2001

It seems my mom says different things to different people, too. It's

not so much a different hallicunation or delusion story, though. It's

been very frustrating and caused plenty of problems.

Do any of your loved ones get angry? (Well, I guess everyone gets

angry at times, but...)

One day, my mom was bringing a new roll of toilet paper with her, each

time she came back the bathroom. We tried to tell her that was

plenty, that she really didn't need it in here. She got angry and

kept talking about " those people " (us) saying she was stealing toilet

paper. No one had said a word or had a thought about her stealing.

The more I tried to explain, the worse it got.

Also, she talks ugly to my children, when I'm not here. I don't know

why she does it, and she, of course, doesn't know why, either. It's

so frustrating. It's like I can never go to sleep without worrying.

Does anything along these lines happen to others in the list?

I jupmed around here and got off topic. I hope that's okay.

August 28, 2001

Hello everyone

Dad's hallucinations he has been mostly keeping to himself, but he DOES

tend to see different people in different contexts. For example, on Sunday

he was waiting for my husband and our 2-year-old daughter to come from a

local museum, to pick him up and bring him to our house for Sunday dinner,

like we do every week. While he was waiting he hallucinated a vision of my

daughter--and then just as quickly of course she disappeared.

Because he did not realize the first sight of her was a hallucination, he

became terribly worried that he had been placed in charge of her then lost

her, and he called me on the phone quite upset that he had lost her " at the

museum, " although he had never left his apartment. I was able to reassure

him that my husband had surely found her, but he was still nervous about it

for the rest of the evening.

Typically he sees the NH staff and, sometimes, his late wife, but when he

thinks of us he is more likely to visualize us instead.

Christie

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