I apologise in advance - I lack the ability to do short concise threads!
I've always had a difficult relationship with my mother but that's not the point of the thread. She lives alone. I visit daily mostly but due to said difficult relationship I keep visits short. The condition the tablets are for is Restless Leg Syndrome.
Mum has always refused to listen to anyone - physios, nutritionists, any advice re hearing aids, or following surgery (even simple things like don't bend over following cataract surgery) but I can't do anything about any of that so I don't even try.
She's worse with me - If I tell her maybe you shouldn't go for a walk as it's such a hot day, she'll go twice as far and put on a coat to do it. ( and have to be brought home by a neighbour as she was close to passing out).
Now however - she's started thinking she can take extra tablets when she wants.
She's on a certain tablet where the side effects are fainting and dizziness. She's not affected at the lower dose (but her symptoms aren't fully alleviated) but she was badly affected (fainting and very dizzy) when she was on the higher dose everyday (but her symptoms where better). So we talked to the doctor and now she's on the stronger tablet 2-3 days a week and the lower dose the rest of the week.
I do her pill box every week (because otherwise she has no clue of what tablets to take - she's on 7 a day). This week she was saying was a bad week so I'd done every second day with a higher dose tablet. I've been ill and haven't been able to visit yesterday. She called me today and said that last night she took the higher dose but it didn't help so she took one of the lower dose tablets as well. So 2 in one night. DH is convinced this was supposed to get me to hurry up to her (as I'd told her I wasn't able to visit today as I'm still unwell). And that there was no point to her telling me about the extra tablet except to get me to worry as I wouldn't have known about it till I went up next time anyway.
I don't even know what to say or do at this point. I fully expect to get a phone call in the next day or two that she's fainted or gotten dizzy and had to lie on the floor (that's her thing, she never lies on the couch or bed, it's always the floor).
Anyone have a relative like this? Or any advice on how to handle someone like this?