I will try to keep this short as it is a
rather long story but any advice would be
appreciated!!!
Basically, in a nut shell, my mom has not
been "herself" lately. I'm not around her
a whole lot since we live in different
cities and all but talk to her on the
phone from time to time. I started
noticing that she would fall asleep when
she was on the phone with me and/or not
remember the next day that she even had
talked to me. When I saw her recently,
things were not good at all. Her
appearance has greatly changed...her teeth
are gray and her eyes are sunken in and
kind of dark. In watching her and from
things I have heard, she is falling asleep
during anything even things such as making
her cup of tea, smoking a cigarette, etc.
The sleeping during smoking is true as I
watched her do it and there are cigarette
burns on the floor and on her arms from
doing this. I have heard from 5 different
people that she is getting drugs from
people around the town and, from family,
that she is spending about 100-200 a week
on these. This is evident as her bills
have not been paid and there is nothing to
show where the money has went. The house
is in shambles. When I talked to her she
got really upset and insisted that nothing
was wrong with her but that she was
depressed and that it is everyone elses
fault. She hasn't talked to me since. I
worry about the safety of mom as well as
the other people that are in the house
with her. I worry about when she gets out
to go somewhere as she is falling asleep
while driving. What can I do, if
anything, to help her? She stated she
doesn't need my or anyone elses help.
This tears me up as this is my mom and
also because my kids are asking why they
can't go see their grandma. Any advice?
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harmony1
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Posted: 06-03-08 08:35am
You poor poor thing. I would strongly
suggest doing an intervention on her.
I don't think anyone deserves to see
they're parents in that state of mind.
It's just heartbreaking to read.
