Re: Update RE my nada's situation

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Thanks, ; and thanks for the info about Risperadone/ Risperdal being

contraindicated for the elderly. I'll pass that along to Sister. One day at a

time is, I guess, the only way there is to deal with this. So far, so good.

-Annie

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> Annie,I'm glad your aunt has been able to get through to your nada.Fingers

crossed that she'll keep her appointment with the psychiatrist,too.Perhaps the

GP is unable to prescribe anti-psychotics? Or that a psychiatrist would be

better informed as to which kind of anti-psychotic med to prescribe/for how

long? I know that the a-typical anti-psychotic Risperadone (Risperdal)has been

banned in the U.K. for the treatment of dementia in the elderly as research

revealed that over time it can actually *accelerate* the process of dementia in

elderly females in particular--it can also cause sudden heart failure and

pneumonia.This research study resulted in a general advisory against the

longterm use of anti-psychotics in the geriatric population who are suffering

from dementia and although I don't believe that Risperadone prescription for

that population has been banned in the US,apparently many psychiatrists and

doctors here do heed the general advisory.

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> Here's a brief article on the subject:

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> http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134921.php

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> Certainly all you can do is take it one day at a time but I hope she'll

continue to cooperate,at least long enough to get her under a psychiatrist's

care.

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[Guest guest]

I hope there is some med that will work for my nada (IF indeed she goes to see

the psychiatrist like she's supposed to and IF nada actually takes them.) My

nada's hallucinations are (from Sister's accounts) upsetting and even

frightening to her.

Its becoming clearer to me that my nada has been a deeply unhappy person for a

long, long time, if not her entire life.

Thing is, I think she only finds relief or distraction from her own inner misery

*by hurting other people* and I find that both reprehensible and intolerable.

I'm also leaning toward the theory that her personality disorder is a kind of

quasi-psychotic state making her unable to perceive or interpret or interact

with other people in a common reality.

So I sincerely hope that continuing research will find a cure or at least better

treatments for this miserable thing called personality disorder; its like a

cancer of the psyche.

-Annie

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