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arguchiki owe people replies on their 36 things! yikes! i sorta didn't realize i was spozed to go and post stuff for everyone who posted a comment here. oops! will do that soon. most of my answers won't change from person to person, except the personalized ones. (like...what was my first impression of you, or would i give you a ride if i saw you walking down the street...)
today has been...OK, overall. my dad was released from the way-up-north (in newago, MI) psych ward. they sent him home with prescriptions for ambien, atavan, and--here's the kicker--haldol. jeeeeeez. my dad's on haldol. talk about hard core, old skool. it apparently worked where another, newer antipsychotic drug (can't remember which one) didn't. my sister was there yesterday when they administered his afternoon dose. she said he was becoming quite agitated, and was spouting some truly insane stuff (i don't want to post specifics--it was pretty crazy), and within half an hour of taking the haldol he had settled down and was chatting happily about childhood memories.
so the trick now is to make sure he doesn't miss a. single. dose. with his paranoia being what it is, he might suddenly decide that it's poison and refuse to take it, unless someone is there to make sure.
yesterday (sunday), he had one of his "spells" while trying to talk the nurses into sending him home. his legs apparently gave out, and they rushed him down to the ER, where he received a CT scan. they could see an infarct on the scan, but no evidence of bleeding. this is the first time anyone has ever done a CT scan while he's in the middle of an episode, so it's the first time we've had hard confirmation that his "spells" are actually TIA's.
today has been...OK, overall. my dad was released from the way-up-north (in newago, MI) psych ward. they sent him home with prescriptions for ambien, atavan, and--here's the kicker--haldol. jeeeeeez. my dad's on haldol. talk about hard core, old skool. it apparently worked where another, newer antipsychotic drug (can't remember which one) didn't. my sister was there yesterday when they administered his afternoon dose. she said he was becoming quite agitated, and was spouting some truly insane stuff (i don't want to post specifics--it was pretty crazy), and within half an hour of taking the haldol he had settled down and was chatting happily about childhood memories.
so the trick now is to make sure he doesn't miss a. single. dose. with his paranoia being what it is, he might suddenly decide that it's poison and refuse to take it, unless someone is there to make sure.
yesterday (sunday), he had one of his "spells" while trying to talk the nurses into sending him home. his legs apparently gave out, and they rushed him down to the ER, where he received a CT scan. they could see an infarct on the scan, but no evidence of bleeding. this is the first time anyone has ever done a CT scan while he's in the middle of an episode, so it's the first time we've had hard confirmation that his "spells" are actually TIA's.
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Date: 2008-02-05 09:12 am (UTC)You've been in my thoughts.
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Date: 2008-02-05 02:52 pm (UTC)my sisters are going to hire a home health care worker to visit every day, because they can't do that themselves. they both have kids and full-time jobs; and my brother lives/works in detroit (2.5-3 hours away), so he can't really help much either.
it's just crazy to me that the drug that works for my dad is haldol. it was developed in the 50's for treating schizophrenia.