Were any of your elderly parents on flagl? It's an antibiotic. If so how were they taking the antibiotic?
I am not a stranger to infections and to flagl. I was prescribed it a few times for infections. I do tend to get tired on it but I put that down to my body fighting and infection, my work and other stresses. Then another part I find hard is that I can't even drink a glass of wine after a hard day or week. Because it's an antibiotic that interacts badly with alcohol.
My mother who is 71 said to me yesterday that she's tired on it and she has to nap on it which she never napped before. She said it's making her confused and forgetful.
I'm just wondering if that's common with flagl and if any other elderly parents experienced that.
It's just over the past few years I noticed some things about my mother and some holy wtf moments where I am seriously questioning things. Not to her. It's behavioural and mood stuff with her and a waning comprehension. I strongly suspect a behavioural type of dementia with her. So far I got nowhere with GPs because they keep citing to me any memory loss?
I don't know if what my mother is experiencing lately is genuinely an effect by the antibiotics. She says it's the antibiotics. Or it's dementia or maybe even a mix of both.
She said to me yesterday that she's tired and that would be normal but she also said that she's confused and forgetful.
The antibiotics is due to be finished today - sunday. I think if that goes on beyond tomorrow - Tuesday - I feel like I should really use this as an opportunity to get her to the doctor.
A problem exists as in how do I get her to the GP. She will likely argue and fight with any suggestions I make. If I was to visit the GP and have a private conversation for the GP to phone her and invite her for an over 65s check up - she will likely have her phone turned off or ignore it. The practice nurse was trying to contact her for months for a yearly routine check up because she's on blood pressure meds.
I have an underlying condition. I could pretend that's flaring and make a GP appointment and ask her to come with me and when I have her sitting in the waiting room with me, maybe a doctor can call her in after me. I really feel like I should be tapping into what she said to me yesterday and get her to say that she's confused and forgetful to her GP, I might be able to get places regarding a diagnosis. There's definitely something not right with her. There's a dementia that causes behavioural and mood stuff called frontotemporal dementia and I just googled what part of the brain is responsible for comprehension and Google said the frontal lobes. All of what I am observing for a few years ties into that. She's getting worse but she's still able to act in front of people and hide so much.