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You can TELL the doctor anything you care to. The doctor can't divulge information to you.
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How do I go about doing that with patient privacy? My parents won't let me accompany them. Can I call the doctor and let them know? Is that ok?
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Do your parents have a doctor that they see for their general health? It sounds as though they both have mental health issues that need to be dealt with.

Get them to their doctor and explains about your mom's delusions and your father's loss of emotional control and erratic behavior.

I would not allow them near young children.
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Thank you for your help! I've tried to get everyone together but the last two times we have invited them over for dinner there has been a huge fight about my dad's philandering and they cancel on us the last minute.

I don't understand how my dad can philander. He falls asleep all the time. We have gone to public places to eat and he has fallen asleep at the table. I've been trying to do this whole family thing but according to my mom my dad says he's bored. He wants to go do something which is hard for us for the time being with a 1 month old baby.

I'm really sad about all this. My whole life I've never asked for anything and the moment I think I can have a healthy relationship with my parents it all boils down to me being their shrink.
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It honestly doesn't sound much like dementia. When dementia starts, behaviors like this don't just suddenly happen. It starts with them forgetting little things. They might forget where their keys are, or where they put something. It then goes to them forgetting dates. Anniversary's, birthdays, and so on. It gradually gets worse from there. It's often in severe dementia that they start getting aggressive. When dementia is severe they have trouble remembering everything. Even who you are, or their own name. My Grandma has severe Alzheimer's, and when the doctors asked her name, she said Ellen. Ellen is her daughter. Then when they asked her age, she said 53. She's 91. Ellen is 62, so I know it couldn't of been that. She doesn't recognize me half the time. It's funny when she starts gossiping false information about me, to me. I just keep thinking, I had no idea that happened. My life sounds interesting.

Anyways, what it sounds like is possibly just them growing apart. It can happen to anyone. What you should look into is possibly a marriage councilor or therapist. Their primary or insurance can refer you to one if need be. They might also be depressed or stressed out. Try getting them out, separate not together. Go out to brunch, go see a movie. Take them to the park for a picnic. Just get their minds off things. Them maybe come over an offer to help make dinner, or to help clean house. Make things a little easier and more fun for them. Maybe even family game night? Get everyone together. Kids love game nights too
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