I think the most frustrating part of all of this is the fact that I can see periods where she won't accept the illness, regardless of what it is...even including the hypothyroidism.

Then there are times that she will say she knows something is really wrong.

For me, not being able to fix it or at least have some say-so in it has me just whacked. I know she's not taking the lexapro like she should...another scary thing.

I have to learn to take it as things come...I have to learn to step back and allow her the time and space to come to terms and deal with this herself. The problem is that mom is always the fall-back and the safety net...how do you change that?