Wt* is going on?

Of course everyone is an individual who reacts differently to medications and dosages of meds, but Risperdone (and actually Seroquel as well) caused my mom to have hallucinations (visual) and a night terror. Any chance a lower dosage might be needed? My mom is very sensitive to all meds, and tweaking a "regular starting dosage" to fit her needs means giving her much less than what the average person needs. Good luck with "tweaking the meds" to fit! I hope this helps or the doc figures out another med that will help.

Jeanette, call 911, get her to the ER and take the med list with you.

I agree with Pam. Get her to the ER, stat.

bookluvr...911 will ask questions about the patient before sending an ambulance. Be sure to tell them of violent or aggressive behavior and you are afraid for their safety or yours. EMTs are trained to handle the situation.

I agree ambulance to er would be safest means of getting someone in this condition to a doctor.

JB, sounds awfully scary to me. My mom became violent and attacked us. We ran. Since then, I've been terrified with people who has a mental illness. I keep thinking that they can suddenly become violent and attack.

Out of curiosity, in case my dad reaches this stage, WHAT do you say when you call 911 and they ask what's your emergency?

Jeanette, I also think you should get her to the ER, probably by ambulance. She may be at danger in the car if she wants out and tries to open the door. I too, had a strange night with mom last night. If it had continued much longer I would have had her taken in for one of those two week psych evaluations. Then I could get some time away, the only way it will ever happen. I am beginning to feel there is no way out.

Thank you for the support/advice

She's home and resting finally... nothing wrong with her blood work, she's just very sensitive to medication. Apparently .5 mg's of Resperidone is too much for her body to handle (right now) funny because she was taking it before I even got here... but, as the doc said, her mentality has changed and with that it all changes. The perception and thought process is different and scares her, with fright comes agitation with agitation comes hallucinations. Cycle cycle.... I have no idea what is worse anymore.

For now, he suggested she stay on it but at .125 to start.... until she adjusts more to it in her system starting tomorrow evening (letting some of it leave her system)

There must be a better way to handle this kind of agitation? So awful to witness and I can't even imagine what's going on in her head. Stuff that calms the normal brain irritates the AD brain. yikes....

gonna catch a nap while she's napping.

Unless your mother is schizophrenic why does she need the drug?
I read so much about bipolar disease (we called it mood swings when I was young) and frankly I think far too many people are misdiagnosed and treated with meds that cause more damage than good.
Ask her doc to wean her off these drugs and see what happens. You might be in for a pleasant surprise.

Olma, unless you have been with those on the antipsychotics before and after I do not think you should suggest removing the medication. These are prescribed to control behaviors that are difficult for the person taking them. And in this way make behaviors more easily managed for the caregiver. Taking them off of them most often causes huge problems. Only we the CG know if the medications are helping them!

We once had an MD who cut all meds to see what happened. My sister went into status epilepticus and nearly died. Use caution and avoid drastic changes.