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Default Sep 22, 2021 at 02:32 PM
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Hi. My mother had a stroke long time ago (I was 5 or 6 and now Im 29). She now have (and been having since several years) cognitive issues.

Also personality/emotional issues.

She cant think "straight".

Her cognitive issues are: cant do simple math abstractions, she cant understand 75 seconds are more than 1 minute. Recently a Dr asked her to draw a clock at 5:45, she couldnt draw ir, but she can read time with no problem. She have short memory problems, she wants to tell you something and cant remember what it was, etc.

She have a hoarding problem. The house is full of things. Her kitchen's table is full of things, so much that is hard to even find a place to put a glass of water.

Other rooms of the house are full. And she resists to tide up the house, she "cant see" how bad all looks, and its difficult even for her to walk around the house.

She have anger issues. She is still mad at my father and my father's family even if have been 15 years since they divorced.

She get mad at people on TV. She gets mad to neighbours, even if they try to help her. Also get mad with me, and... everyone. Thankfully she is in good mood about me.

Example: I tried to tell her something I heard a soccer player said on TV, a funny thing, and she said that player was in a relatiinship with a model (which is true) and the model stole the appartment of her ex, and she is a w#ore, etc, all in an angry mood, its like... she cant be chill.

Went to do her groceries, she said "did u buy the tea?", I told her she never told me to buy tea, she started getting angry, hopefully I had the list she wrote, so she saw she never wrote about the tea.

Etc, I can spend long time writing about her. She have a very... obsessive personality.

The house had a leak that started ruining the walls, was a very easy thing to solve, she didnt want to spend money, the walls ruined, the water tank even could fell from the roof. Finally she fixed it, but the housed got some good damage.

She keeps every plastic thing comes with food, like the peanut butter pot, or the plastic trays come with food. Lately Im taking some and throwing them in secret.

She lives alone. She doesnt have anyone that goes to visit her. She doesnt have close family. She have bad relationship with my sister, who lives in another country. So its just me for her.

Anyone relates ?
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Default Oct 04, 2021 at 07:51 PM
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Hi. My mother had a stroke long time ago (I was 5 or 6 and now Im 29). She now have (and been having since several years) cognitive issues.

Also personality/emotional issues.

She cant think "straight".

Her cognitive issues are: cant do simple math abstractions, she cant understand 75 seconds are more than 1 minute. Recently a Dr asked her to draw a clock at 5:45, she couldnt draw ir, but she can read time with no problem. She have short memory problems, she wants to tell you something and cant remember what it was, etc.

She have a hoarding problem. The house is full of things. Her kitchen's table is full of things, so much that is hard to even find a place to put a glass of water.

Other rooms of the house are full. And she resists to tide up the house, she "cant see" how bad all looks, and its difficult even for her to walk around the house.

She have anger issues. She is still mad at my father and my father's family even if have been 15 years since they divorced.

She get mad at people on TV. She gets mad to neighbours, even if they try to help her. Also get mad with me, and... everyone. Thankfully she is in good mood about me.

Example: I tried to tell her something I heard a soccer player said on TV, a funny thing, and she said that player was in a relatiinship with a model (which is true) and the model stole the appartment of her ex, and she is a w#ore, etc, all in an angry mood, its like... she cant be chill.

Went to do her groceries, she said "did u buy the tea?", I told her she never told me to buy tea, she started getting angry, hopefully I had the list she wrote, so she saw she never wrote about the tea.

Etc, I can spend long time writing about her. She have a very... obsessive personality.

The house had a leak that started ruining the walls, was a very easy thing to solve, she didnt want to spend money, the walls ruined, the water tank even could fell from the roof. Finally she fixed it, but the housed got some good damage.

She keeps every plastic thing comes with food, like the peanut butter pot, or the plastic trays come with food. Lately Im taking some and throwing them in secret.

She lives alone. She doesnt have anyone that goes to visit her. She doesnt have close family. She have bad relationship with my sister, who lives in another country. So its just me for her.

Anyone relates ?

My son had a stroke when he was 23. The most important thing for his recovery was occupational therapy. And physical therapy. Has your mother had those things? Sometimes hospitals have stroke groups that meet weekly that might be something to look into. The good news is he made a full recovery with those therapies and he’s now in law school.

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