Yes, lock up the meds. She took several tabs of my Remeron and was drugged up. She slept it off. Yesterday she was banging on my bedroom door, the front door, and yelling in the early morning hours. What I find surprising is her attempt to eat shampoo. She then decided it was not for her. Somehow amusing to me.

She is over her sui ideation, and laying down in bed right now. I gave her a doughnut. If that episode happens again, I will go to the ER. Her POA permits me to admit her to a psychiatric unit on the approval of her doctor. I imagine the doctor there can admit her if necessary. But I imagine this is only for a hold period. My question is will I be able to have the ER admit her to the geriatric psych unit for a longer period of time, like a week, without the primary care physicians request? I hope I will not have to petition the court for guardianship.

I will need to start preparing for a permenent admit to a nursing facility with a dementia unit. I want to be ready for this if all else fails. Hopefully I will be able to keep her at least until the end of the year, if not longer.

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