<p data-userway-font-size="18" style="transition: all 0s ease 0s; font-size: 23px !important;" data-userway-s4-bigger-text-styled="true">My Mother has been in subacute rehab for almost a month now, where she's recovering from a stroke and has caught up on lithium med after hospital mistakenly left it off her list during admin there. Her lithium levels are at the baseline therapeutic level currently and she does seem more clear and communicates her needs better now.<p data-userway-font-size="18" style="transition: all 0s ease 0s; font-size: 23px !important;">
<p data-userway-font-size="18" style="transition: all 0s ease 0s; font-size: 23px !important;" data-userway-s4-bigger-text-styled="true">What I'm really trying to figure out/get used to is the grumpiness/anger she shows sometimes. I've read that stroke survivors can uncharacteristically become angry/grumpy.<p data-userway-font-size="18" style="transition: all 0s ease 0s; font-size: 23px !important;"/><p data-userway-font-size="18" style="transition: all 0s ease 0s; font-size: 23px !important;" data-userway-s4-bigger-text-styled="true">Can anyone who has experience with these emotional changes share how things eventually worked out? I'm trying to assess if she and we are prepared for eventual discharge. Thanks in advance.
Learning new ways to cope with mobility or thinking changes takes time. Maybe new OT equipment is needed? Or a change to the daily routine to avoid fatigue? Medications may be recommended for mood to assist smoothing out.
My LO has benefitied from a mood med to 'knock the edge off' increased anxiety/frustrations post stroke.
Is the discharge plan to the same address as before? Has your Mother had a needs assessment to work out what extra help or services will be required? It will be a time of adjustment for all of you.