"When I get big and you get little..."
About 20 years ago I heard my nephew say this to his parents.
And I thought I was the only child who thought it worked that way - that as time went on the parent and child roles would be reversed. Little did I know then how much truth there was in that line of thinking. No, parents don't shrink down to the size my nephew was when he spoke those words. But, I'm now seeing how much the roles of parents and children do reverse as parents age. I imagine that this is especially true when the parent is experiencing memory loss as is the case with my mom.
Now I'm the one making the appointments. I'm the one doing the chauffering. I'm the one offering advice on diet and keeping healthy. I'm the one giving the reminders to take a bath. I'm the one keeping everything on the calendar straight.
The sad thing is, I believe my mom's memory loss could have been avoided. From the research I've done, I am quite certain that her memory issues are a side effect of the Paxil she has been on for about 8 years now. With this blog I'm hoping to chronicle some of the events in our journey and make people aware of the risks involved with this and other medications. I'm sure if Mom had known 8 years ago where life on Paxil was going to take her, she would have found other ways to deal with her sleeping difficulties and low blood sugar issues.
Do those conditions cause you wonder Why was someone with low blood sugar and sleeping issues put on Paxil? When I found out what Paxil was, I wondered that myself. I distinctly remember visiting my parents some months after they had moved to a new community. They had recently had their first appoinments with their new doctor. Mom was telling me about her doctor visit and said, "He gave me some medicine to help me sleep better and to help with my low blood sugar." I didn't question it at the time, but in hindsight I sure wish I had. We have tried twice to wean her off of the medication. But Paxil is notorious for being extremely difficult to discontinue. I keep praying that we will find a way to wean her off of it.
So that's where this journey of ours started. Where will it end? Time will tell. In the meatime, we keep our eyes on Jesus who is carrying us through and guiding our steps along the way. He has his reasons for allowing my mom to go through this. Maybe it is so we can reach out to others. If her story helps just one person avoid the challenges she had faced, it will be worth it.
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