The nurse practitioner said she's not ruling out a psych referral/inpatient treatment at some point, but the first thing she wants to try is a higher dosage of the antipsychotic meds. She did tell him in no uncertain terms that he cannot have any kind of firearms.
The weird thing is that he really is oriented to person, time, and place and doesn't have marked memory issues. It's like he has a foot in 2 worlds -- he's totally aware of and rooted in the real world, but then he is *also* 100% sure the hallucinations are real and he interacts with them and wants to shoot them. My brother said (to me, not the NP) that if Dad were his patient, he'd diagnose him with schizoaffective disorder.
Dad insulted me during the appointment, calling me "interfering mother," and I almost lost my shit at him for that, because (1) he didn't throw a gendered insult at my brother for doing the same thing I was doing (ie, wrangling his health care); and (2) okay, fuck me for trying to help you, you enormous asshole.
Unsurprisingly, I got a migraine in the middle of the appointment. But CVS sorted out whatever weirdness was going on with my refills, so I have migraine meds and I'm going to go lay down with an ice pack on my head after I finish one short thing for work.
Hi Todd! Good uneventful, I hope. No disasters, anyway.
Glad you have migraine meds, Steph. Hope the higher dosage helps and you don't have to keep going through that (although I know the meds won't stop your dad being an asshole)
Ugh, Steph. I’m so sorry. I really hope the increased dose helps and your dad takes it consistently. Feel better.
Hey everyone. I've been in crazy work mode, so I'm reading, but not really posting.
Steph, all my distant support to you, that's just a lot to deal with. Families, UGH!
I hope you're all able to find something that helps, Steph. (Another one of my friends has been dealing with something similar with her father, and it turned out to be a urinary tract infection, which apparently can cause hallucinations in elderly people.)
I am shoving all of the pumpkin spice through the internet at Teppy. No hugs!
Also, maybe a side hustle as the Pumpkin Spice Pundit is in order?
Life has been pretty uneventful recently, so I haven't had much to say.
That's probably a good thing in your case.
Tep, I'm sorry for all that. Weirdly, I'm glad it wasn't worse. Let's try to keep your brain intact in the meantime.
Mmm, pumpkin stuffed ravioli. I would love to do the tasting part of that but I know I would fail hard on the rating part.
