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Octogenarian With Family History Of Alzheimer, Suffering Erratic Mood Swings And Unusual Behavior. What Does This Indicate?

My Mom is 84 years old. Always energetic and active. She has unexplained irratic blood pressure for past 2 months. She has been active in persuing solution and Kidney and heart have been ruled out. She, her two sisters, and I have had kidney surgery in past. Recently she is interrupting while others are talking. She is considering not having the huge family christmas next year which has been at her house for over 30 years and in past you would have had to dynamite her grasp on the event and people needed a good reason not to be there as she felt she was holding thelarge family together.Thanksgiving she appeared disengaged and sad and her blush looked like a clown. She always asked me to point out anything like this to her and when I did she didn't change it but made excuse as tohow hard she had been working on food to bring and didn't correct it. Although she denied she was tired or anything was wrong. This is a woman who had a facelift in her 60s,never looked her age and always cared about her appearance. Several of us are very concerned. She is to see a new doctor Monday. My sister offered to go with her to the appointment. My Mom's response was "I don't want you to think I need you to talk to the doctor for me." Which threw my sister.My maternal grandparents died of alzheimers at 85 and 91
Wed, 11 Dec 2013
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I really appreciate your concern for your mother, and red the history given here I could say that your mother some how in need of moral support she must be thinking that she being neglected although that must not be the real one, she must have developed some functional problems, you all need to stay with her as long as it is possible have talk with her give her good company she would really feel better with this, if even you see the condition remains as it is then she need to be taken to some good psychiatrist for further work up but I am sure she will be alright with what I suggested try it and take good care of her have nice day.
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Octogenarian With Family History Of Alzheimer, Suffering Erratic Mood Swings And Unusual Behavior. What Does This Indicate?

HI Thank for asking to HCM I really appreciate your concern for your mother, and red the history given here I could say that your mother some how in need of moral support she must be thinking that she being neglected although that must not be the real one, she must have developed some functional problems, you all need to stay with her as long as it is possible have talk with her give her good company she would really feel better with this, if even you see the condition remains as it is then she need to be taken to some good psychiatrist for further work up but I am sure she will be alright with what I suggested try it and take good care of her have nice day.