My mom is taking 0.25mg of Respiridone in the morning and 0.50mg at night to “calm” her. It’s not working. My father is exhausted, I’m exhausted what are we to do!? I KNOW she can’t help it. She doesn’t even realize she is keeping us awake. She just dozes, never actually sleeps. She complains of pain in her bad hip, we give her acetaminophen and ibuprofen but it doesn’t help. My dad and I are not going to be able to care for much longer if this doesn’t stop. I am an only child. The reason we don’t have outside help is due to lack of money but they don’t qualify for Medicaid.
IF this is a new behavior check for UTI. Dehydration is often a culprit causing UTIs. Get an X-Ray of her hip to determine the pain and get it treated. IF she is not exercising/moving that can cause the joints to erode, and they can go down fast or get a blood clot when they are mostly immobile.
Yes, be sure she's not dozing all day cuz that'll keep her from sleeping at night.
If changing meds doesn't help, she may need to go into a facility before you and ad lose your sanity.
How long has this been going on?
Also make sure she doesn’t sleep all day thus not sleep all night.