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Suggest Treatment For Psychiatric Illness In The Elderly
Question: my mother is 80+ years old. Why does she keep saying that one of her son is dead or they are sick ?
Brief Answer:
Psychotic depression
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Your mother is having a psychiatric illness. The possible causes could be :
1) Psychotic depression
2) Dementia.
Both these conditions can present with such symptoms at the age of 80+ years. These need to be treated properly. Drugs like a combination of fluoxetine and olanzapine can act good over these conditions. However her forgetfullness needs to be assessed using XXXXXXX Mental State Examination and the dementia needs to be conformed. If it is a dementia as well then the drugs like donepezil and memantin can help her. In all you need to see a psychiatrist and can discuss the issues we have just discussed. She should be fine with medications.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
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Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
Psychotic depression
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Your mother is having a psychiatric illness. The possible causes could be :
1) Psychotic depression
2) Dementia.
Both these conditions can present with such symptoms at the age of 80+ years. These need to be treated properly. Drugs like a combination of fluoxetine and olanzapine can act good over these conditions. However her forgetfullness needs to be assessed using XXXXXXX Mental State Examination and the dementia needs to be conformed. If it is a dementia as well then the drugs like donepezil and memantin can help her. In all you need to see a psychiatrist and can discuss the issues we have just discussed. She should be fine with medications.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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