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<blockquote data-quote="Lammie" data-source="post: 598669" data-attributes="member: 3306"><p>Spent the entire day at the hospital yesterday with Dad and Mother. She didn't recognize me when I got there and I am not sure she ever knew who I was. She has no strength at all, can't or won't feed herself. Would not put in her teeth. Tried to talk but can't be understood because she mumbles and has no teeth in. Just stares out into the distance. Looks pitiful. They still don't know what's wrong with her. I think it is tardive dyskenesia, which is involuntary muscle movements from having taken too much atavan and other drugs they had her on. I don't know. I'm not a doctor, but I worked with mental patients for years and know what it looks like. Commonly known as "The Thorazine Shuffle". Lip smacking, purposeless finger movements, shuffling gate. It's a shame. She m ight get over it and she might not. Her brain chemistry may have been rewired. </p><p></p><p>I am firing the doctor. I never did get to see her yesterday. If this thing ends up killing her, I will sue to protect others from this kind of over-prescribing. I know, now, too late, that the doctor has been in trouble for over-prescribing before and has been banned from a couple of nearby hospitals from practicing there. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, it's so sad. I'm back at work today. Pray for Mom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lammie, post: 598669, member: 3306"] Spent the entire day at the hospital yesterday with Dad and Mother. She didn't recognize me when I got there and I am not sure she ever knew who I was. She has no strength at all, can't or won't feed herself. Would not put in her teeth. Tried to talk but can't be understood because she mumbles and has no teeth in. Just stares out into the distance. Looks pitiful. They still don't know what's wrong with her. I think it is tardive dyskenesia, which is involuntary muscle movements from having taken too much atavan and other drugs they had her on. I don't know. I'm not a doctor, but I worked with mental patients for years and know what it looks like. Commonly known as "The Thorazine Shuffle". Lip smacking, purposeless finger movements, shuffling gate. It's a shame. She m ight get over it and she might not. Her brain chemistry may have been rewired. I am firing the doctor. I never did get to see her yesterday. If this thing ends up killing her, I will sue to protect others from this kind of over-prescribing. I know, now, too late, that the doctor has been in trouble for over-prescribing before and has been banned from a couple of nearby hospitals from practicing there. Anyway, it's so sad. I'm back at work today. Pray for Mom. [/QUOTE]
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