My 86 year-old- mom with dementia cries all day and says "please help me." We have tried some medications but nothing has worked. What can we do for her?

Aug 31, 2011

I would suggest that you call Hospice because they can offer you support and many times they can send their own Doctor out to help you personally. Many people don't call Hospice when they can because they think that Hospice is only for those immediately dying but that's not the case. They can come to your home to help you and your Mother. It's worth giving them a call at least to see if they can help. Hang in there, there is always a solution. (((HUG)))

Ringo1

Aug 31, 2011

Oh, that's heartbreaking. I'll bet it really is hard to hear that all day and not be able to help her or do anything about it.

I hope that Hospice can help.

Perhaps an anti-depressant instead of the sedative/anti-anxiety type medications?

ren0318

Aug 31, 2011

I feel you pain, my mother is 81 dr thinks she has dementia, she has suffered mental illness my entire life, she cries ALL THE TIME too. My dad passed 18 years ago and she she has cried everyday since, he is all she ever talks about, over and over again. The dr has had her on every "mood" drug know to man, nothing works. I send ((((HUGS)))) your way, I so can relate to how heartbreaking and frustrating it is to have the crying all the time and not be able to help. God Bless you.

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Ruth1957

Nov 18, 2011

Dr. Andrew Saul, who wrote "Doctor Yourself" and "Fire Your Doctor" sites amazing results with Vitamin D for Depression. If it were my mom, I'd get her levels of D and B checked. But that's me - I always hit the vitamin bottle before anything else. I have this funny theory that people are not deficient in any chemical, but certainly may be deficient in a mineral or vitamin. Again; that's just me! It would break my heart to have to hear this crying and not be able to do anything about it... I wish you the very best.

kathiec5

Dec 13, 2011

My mom is 93 in a nursing home. She must have dementia because she has all the sypmtoms. She cries alot and doesnt know why...sometimes she will tell us that she is disgusted because she can't do the things she used to do. The doctor there has here on busbar and is going to increase it a little. What do you do when she cries like that...we have tried to ignore it and it seems to stop a little...or we try to comfort her and that doesn't seem to stop. It is heartbreaking for sure! We don't want her on a lot of meds to calm her down because then she will be sleeping all the time. Is all of this normal for some one with dementia?