Mother thinks I'm trying to do her harm. Is this normal?

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Loosingit Asked December 2018

Mother thinks I'm trying to do her harm. Is this normal?

This morning my mom was up early, very unusual for her. Lately she's been sleeping most of the day and up all night. After a pleasant greeting between us, I went in the kitchen, she comes in and tells me to get out of her house, I've been taking care of her for over a year, she screams at me that she can't sleep because I might slit her throat! She was in a rage. Mother is 97 with dementia/Alzheimer's not eating enough food and barely mobile. Is this normal? We're thinking of placing her in a home.

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If her change in behavior is sudden and unexpected I agree with Barb, have her doctor take a look at her.

Out of control emotional outbursts, accusing loved ones of nefarious behavior is normal for Alzheimer's.

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I have a similiar problem but I am not living with her. She has been very different toward me. Had a hissy fit about our conversation with executors & kept calling me a liar. I told her how I feel they way she treats me but she says nothing. I also told her she does not treat me like her daughter & why did she even have me. Dead silence. You would think she would say I don't want you to feel like that I do love you but nothing. It really hurts. There might be a small start of dementia.

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I would start by getting her tested for a UTI. These at often asymptomatic in elders except for a sudden change in behavior.

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