I suspect they gave my mom a happy pill in the hospital

November 11, 2017, 04:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Lunasee:
Find out what it was and get a years supply.

Only a year? I told she's 88 but you don't have to go all doomsday on me.

November 11, 2017, 04:43 PM

pbslinger

quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
They tell you if you don’t lighten up, you’ll be eating hospital food for the rest of your life.

You're on a roll. Keep up the good work

November 11, 2017, 09:47 PM

RNshooter

Is the change still there? Is she happier than normal, now that she's home?
Not to be a downer on this somewhat light-hearted discussion, but I have heard tales of people having mild strokes that altered their personality.
Just a thought. I hope she is doing well.

Bruce

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-Niccolo Machiavelli

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November 11, 2017, 10:04 PM

texassierra

Could be that she, for lack of a better term, popped off to the wrong nurse and said nurse told her exactly how she would be treating staff from that point forward...or else. Some of those old school nurses can be pretty crusty.

November 11, 2017, 10:40 PM

kkina

Wondering if this could go all House MD, but could it be a positive side-effect situation (some are)? Hidden pre-existing condition which was relieved by whatever therapy/drugs she received at the hospital for a different reason. Say the high blood pressure was exacerbating a small aneurysm in the pre-frontal cortex, this in turn caused typical frontal behavior- displaced anger, difficult to get along with, frustration and confrontational behavior.

Whatever rescue medications she received during her hospital stay coincidentally and dramatically assuaged the local pressure in the brain and let Mom briefly become the person she really is, sweet and appreciative.

Do you know exactly what meds she received?

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"First, Eyes."

November 11, 2017, 11:17 PM

irreverent

quote:
Originally posted by RNshooter:
Is the change still there? Is she happier than normal, now that she's home?
Not to be a downer on this somewhat light-hearted discussion, but I have heard tales of people having mild strokes that altered their personality.
Just a thought. I hope she is doing well.

Bruce

This is actually what I was thinking as well. Hopefully all is fine.