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Sep 21, 2022, 07:37 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by Nammu
I’m awake now! I came close to going back to bed this morning, but I preserved and went to aqua fitness. Boy was it a work out today! So I’m awake and refreshed now.
Mum was up again when I came home! That was a surprise. But she went back to bed now. I’m worried about her. She talks often now about not being here for Christmas. I think her younger brother being in the hospital and the death of the queen has really done a number on her outlook. I remember from a class in college that it’s common for old people to talk of death, but this is different than usual and she’s so tired. She does have a diagnosis of major depression, but they didn’t treat it. No talk therapy or meds. At 94 meds might be dangerous but surely they could do talk therapy?
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That's rough. Seems to me they could give her a small dose of an AD. It's cruel that she has to live with depression - definitely a common cause for elderly people to give up sooner.
When my grandmother was 100 years old she was in a lot of pain from arthritis. My cousin suggested that the doctor prescribe an opiate. He refused because "she could become addicted." My not-to-be-screwed-with cousin's reply to him was, "Oh, well, I'm sure she'll do all she can to score more painkillers...you know, like sell her body on street corners."
I guess that hit his reality button, because he prescribed the opiate. My grandmother lived another 6 months after that and never once (to our knowledge) did she turn to prostitution to get her drug fix.
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