She broke her arm and after surgery had some heavy duty pain meds. We had trouble adjusting them and thought the morning tears were because of pain that had gotten out of control overnight. But the drugs also seemed to make her more loopy. Using just over the counter pain relievers seems to work fine during the day so we didn't use the narcotic last night, and gave her some more tylenol when she got up this morning, but after 20 -30 minutes of calm, the morning upset and tears began again and after a little rest, she's furious at us for making her lie down. Mornings used to be her easiest time, she gets antsy in the late afternoon, I guess it's sundowning. I haven't read anything about the morning being difficult, does anyone have any advice or experience with this?
I had the put her on scheduled pain meds, with extra prn. It seems to work