When the psychiatrist originally prescribed an antidepressant and a medication to treat mood swings, she refused to take them. More recently, however, I have succeeded in convincing her to. I was concerned about her taking pills that may be losing potency--the prescription was filled mid-October--and she got strangely belligerent yesterday and I thought she might have taken a second dose (she took a first dose of the pills hours early). But the expiration on both meds is about a year from now...
It's been a week or more since I got her to take the psychiatrist's medications. She has her next appointment with him Saturday after next--April 7. I regularly set the pills at the dinner table, next to a glass of water; I had impressed on her that the UTI pill had to be taken with water; after a while she got so she would insist on water with the pills.
Thanks for the info on potency... :)
But Dougie, why on earth does your mother have access to her meds? Aren't you the one giving them to her? A dementia patient should NOT be the one in charge of her medication, imho.
An antidepressant will take several weeks to kick in. The one for mood swings; not knowing what it is, can't comment. Isn't she also being treated for a UTI?