Posted by TexasChic on June 3, 2006, at 19:13:32
In reply to Re: need, posted by Larry Hoover on June 1, 2006, at 20:49:07
I'm sure you've given the details in the past, but I must have missed them. Do your parents live in the same town as you? And when you said the nurse said he didn't take all his pills, does that mean they have someone come by periodically, or are they in some type of monitored environment?
I was my Grandmother's caregiver for several years (she passed away last June). I know the mental exhaustion you speak of. Its sort of like having a kid, you can never 'not' think about them. When I started therapy my T said I was suffering from caregiver burn out. I didn't even know it. Being a caregiver usually just falls on your shoulders, so you just do what you have to. And when you 'have to', you can do ALOT. But you can't exist in that mode indefinitely. It will eventually catch up with you. I guess the main thing I learned was to get help before it does.
I'm interested to know the details of your situation. I don't know if I could be of any help, but I could at least
commiserate.(((((Lar)))))
-T
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