Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Mom has been having some major crying jags lately and we don't know what is causing them. Neither does she. It's heartbreaking. Has anyone else experienced this? Gladys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 gladys, i would say it is a combinaton of things with lbd we really dont know how much they really do know/understand, i would think she understands that something is seriously wrong with her, she is scared, she is tired, she is confused, she is depressed etc. i would call her doctor and consider a antidepressant, dad did well on zoloft he started out at 50mg that helped with depression/aggression and dr jekyl/mr hyde issues. i hopethis helps hugs. sharon Gladys Stefany wrote: Mom has been having some major crying jags lately and we don't know what is causing them. Neither does she. It's heartbreaking. Has anyone else experienced this? Gladys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Hi Lin - yes... less is more... Celexa definitely worked for my mom's benefit too... She didn't like to be so weepy... PS everybody Lin met my mom ... I love bringing that up ... it's a SMALL world! ... Lin met my mom BEFORE Lewy! Isn't that cool? > > Hi , > I just posted to Ron and Gladys about our experience with anti-Ds. Lexapro really helped my mom for many years. Now it's hard to know . . . and given my concern about too many brain-affecting meds, I am seriously considering D/C it. > Hope all is well at your end. > Lin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 V - And I love to remember your mom! Lin wrote: Hi Lin - yes... less is more... Celexa definitely worked for my mom's benefit too... She didn't like to be so weepy... PS everybody Lin met my mom ... I love bringing that up ... it's a SMALL world! ... Lin met my mom BEFORE Lewy! Isn't that cool? > > Hi , > I just posted to Ron and Gladys about our experience with anti-Ds. Lexapro really helped my mom for many years. Now it's hard to know . . . and given my concern about too many brain-affecting meds, I am seriously considering D/C it. > Hope all is well at your end. > Lin Welcome to LBDcaregivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 The weird thing is that it seems to happen around the same time every day. Gladys -- Re: crying Yes -- my mom had this symptom as well... That was one of the first symptoms that made us finally realize something was wrong, in fact. Because she was always 'the strong one' -- so when she had these crying spells we became that much more concerned... It was a daily occurence for my mom to cry for almost her entire journey. Everytime I walked into the room she would start crying... We did find improvement when she was given Celexa (anti-depressent) -- the tears didn't go away entirely, but she was less weepy - just a bit teary. It's definitely a symptom of LBD IMO... In mom's early stages when she was able to communicate, I'd ask what was wrong and she would tell me that she didn't know. She didn't know why she was crying... Also, I'd imagine just knowing something was wrong and not able to know what it was must have been heart-wretching... but I believe it's more of a symptom rather than a reason for the crying... but that's just my opinion... Is your mom on an antidepressant? Which one? Did you notice a difference when she started? There was definitely an improvement w/ my mom - but again, it never entirely went away... Welcome to LBDcaregivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Yes, for my mom in the early stages it was just in the AM... over time it didn't happen at the same time, but in the early stages it was first thing in the AM... We were traveling when I first noticed it and every AM I'd wake up to my mother crying... Later when she was in the ALF she called me every AM crying... Wonder if it had anything to do with the dreams / nightmares coming into her wakefulness and her not able to differenciate the dreams from reality... (??) Either that or she was more 'herself' in the AM and realizing that things weren't right and she was scared... Either way it was heart wrenching for me to watch/listen. Poor Mumsie. Very weird, indeed. > > The weird thing is that it seems to happen around the same time every day. > > Gladys > > -- Re: crying > > Yes -- my mom had this symptom as well... That was one of the first > symptoms that made us finally realize something was wrong, in fact. > Because she was always 'the strong one' -- so when she had these crying > spells we became that much more concerned... It was a daily occurence > for my mom to cry for almost her entire journey. Everytime I walked > into the room she would start crying... We did find improvement when > she was given Celexa (anti-depressent) -- the tears didn't go away > entirely, but she was less weepy - just a bit teary. It's definitely a > symptom of LBD IMO... In mom's early stages when she was able to > communicate, I'd ask what was wrong and she would tell me that she > didn't know. She didn't know why she was crying... Also, I'd imagine > just knowing something was wrong and not able to know what it was must > have been heart-wretching... but I believe it's more of a symptom > rather than a reason for the crying... but that's just my opinion... Is > your mom on an antidepressant? Which one? Did you notice a difference > when she started? There was definitely an improvement w/ my mom - but > again, it never entirely went away... > > > > Welcome to LBDcaregivers. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 is it when or as the sun goes down?? sharon Gladys Stefany wrote: The weird thing is that it seems to happen around the same time every day. Gladys -- Re: crying Yes -- my mom had this symptom as well... That was one of the first symptoms that made us finally realize something was wrong, in fact. Because she was always 'the strong one' -- so when she had these crying spells we became that much more concerned... It was a daily occurence for my mom to cry for almost her entire journey. Everytime I walked into the room she would start crying... We did find improvement when she was given Celexa (anti-depressent) -- the tears didn't go away entirely, but she was less weepy - just a bit teary. It's definitely a symptom of LBD IMO... In mom's early stages when she was able to communicate, I'd ask what was wrong and she would tell me that she didn't know. She didn't know why she was crying... Also, I'd imagine just knowing something was wrong and not able to know what it was must have been heart-wretching... but I believe it's more of a symptom rather than a reason for the crying... but that's just my opinion... Is your mom on an antidepressant? Which one? Did you notice a difference when she started? There was definitely an improvement w/ my mom - but again, it never entirely went away... Welcome to LBDcaregivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 No It's not " sundowners " . It happens around 2:00 every afternoon. Then she usually takes a nap and wakes up happy. Gladys -- Re: crying Yes -- my mom had this symptom as well... That was one of the first symptoms that made us finally realize something was wrong, in fact. Because she was always 'the strong one' -- so when she had these crying spells we became that much more concerned... It was a daily occurence for my mom to cry for almost her entire journey. Everytime I walked into the room she would start crying... We did find improvement when she was given Celexa (anti-depressent) -- the tears didn't go away entirely, but she was less weepy - just a bit teary. It's definitely a symptom of LBD IMO... In mom's early stages when she was able to communicate, I'd ask what was wrong and she would tell me that she didn't know. She didn't know why she was crying... Also, I'd imagine just knowing something was wrong and not able to know what it was must have been heart-wretching... but I believe it's more of a symptom rather than a reason for the crying... but that's just my opinion... Is your mom on an antidepressant? Which one? Did you notice a difference when she started? There was definitely an improvement w/ my mom - but again, it never entirely went away... Welcome to LBDcaregivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 dads 'bad' time, whether it mean, sad, dr jekyl or whatever, was usually right after lunch, never could figure out why, we changed eating times, what he ate, everything it was just somethng we had to deal with, i do know if donnie wasnt near by his bad timeswere worse. hugs. sharon Gladys Stefany wrote: No It's not " sundowners " . It happens around 2:00 every afternoon. Then she usually takes a nap and wakes up happy. Gladys -- Re: crying Yes -- my mom had this symptom as well... That was one of the first symptoms that made us finally realize something was wrong, in fact. Because she was always 'the strong one' -- so when she had these crying spells we became that much more concerned... It was a daily occurence for my mom to cry for almost her entire journey. Everytime I walked into the room she would start crying... We did find improvement when she was given Celexa (anti-depressent) -- the tears didn't go away entirely, but she was less weepy - just a bit teary. It's definitely a symptom of LBD IMO... In mom's early stages when she was able to communicate, I'd ask what was wrong and she would tell me that she didn't know. She didn't know why she was crying... Also, I'd imagine just knowing something was wrong and not able to know what it was must have been heart-wretching... but I believe it's more of a symptom rather than a reason for the crying... but that's just my opinion... Is your mom on an antidepressant? Which one? Did you notice a difference when she started? There was definitely an improvement w/ my mom - but again, it never entirely went away... Welcome to LBDcaregivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Thanks, Lin She keeps saying she has to get out of her house and we keep telling her about the addition we're putting on the house and have even brought her to see it. I think that has been stressful for her. The funny part is that this morning I got a tentative moving date of March 8th. When my daughter told her she got so excited and said she had no idea that the addition was for her. LOL Sigh..... gotta laugh or lose it! Gladys -- Re: crying Dear Gladys, Love your name - very unusual and poetic. Also my mom's name. My mom (LBD with Parkison's) has crying jags from time to time. Can cry for hours - sometimes very heavily, sometimes more just weepy and whimpery. It occurs for what seems to be no reason, but for her (and every person is different, of course) we usually figure out a cause. Sometimes sadness when she is with it " to realize she can't walk anymore, doesn't see her son much, is failing, etc. Sometimes when intense they signal pain, discomfort or even infection (most often a UTI or respiratory) that she can't describe. Sometimes " just " the dementia which kicks off behaviors that can't be traced to anything else. Sometimes changes in environment, too much stimulation or over-exhaustion. When this happens, I try to determine what is new or different - meds, location, visitors, tiredness level, physical ailment, a cross word from someone, etc. If none of the above, and she is not too far gone, diversion can help. When that's impossible, and the crying continues for a long time, she may need help calming down, in which case the MD allows us to give a very small dose of Seroquel in addition to her regular dose. I do try to avoid that, as Seroquel is powerful, even in small amounts. Is there anything different, new or distressing in your mom's situation? Possible new physical concerns? Do the crying jags occur regularly, only occasionally, are they intense? I'll be keeping you and your mom in my prayers. Lin Gladys Stefany wrote: Mom has been having some major crying jags lately and we don't know what is causing them. Neither does she. It's heartbreaking. Has anyone else experienced this? Gladys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Dear Gladys, Yep, keep that laugh going! It seems just too bleak and overwhelming without a smile or two. It does seem that even good things can be overwhelming for our dear ones. So glad to hear from you - and I'm hoping your laughter is contagious. Lin Gladys Stefany wrote: Thanks, Lin She keeps saying she has to get out of her house and we keep telling her about the addition we're putting on the house and have even brought her to see it. I think that has been stressful for her. The funny part is that this morning I got a tentative moving date of March 8th. When my daughter told her she got so excited and said she had no idea that the addition was for her. LOL Sigh..... gotta laugh or lose it! Gladys -- Re: crying Dear Gladys, Love your name - very unusual and poetic. Also my mom's name. My mom (LBD with Parkison's) has crying jags from time to time. Can cry for hours - sometimes very heavily, sometimes more just weepy and whimpery. It occurs for what seems to be no reason, but for her (and every person is different, of course) we usually figure out a cause. Sometimes sadness when she is with it " to realize she can't walk anymore, doesn't see her son much, is failing, etc. Sometimes when intense they signal pain, discomfort or even infection (most often a UTI or respiratory) that she can't describe. Sometimes " just " the dementia which kicks off behaviors that can't be traced to anything else. Sometimes changes in environment, too much stimulation or over-exhaustion. When this happens, I try to determine what is new or different - meds, location, visitors, tiredness level, physical ailment, a cross word from someone, etc. If none of the above, and she is not too far gone, diversion can help. When that's impossible, and the crying continues for a long time, she may need help calming down, in which case the MD allows us to give a very small dose of Seroquel in addition to her regular dose. I do try to avoid that, as Seroquel is powerful, even in small amounts. Is there anything different, new or distressing in your mom's situation? Possible new physical concerns? Do the crying jags occur regularly, only occasionally, are they intense? I'll be keeping you and your mom in my prayers. Lin Gladys Stefany wrote: Mom has been having some major crying jags lately and we don't know what is causing them. Neither does she. It's heartbreaking. Has anyone else experienced this? Gladys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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