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[quote=Anonymous]My mom is 75 and has some memory issues. Maybe from age or head injury. Maybe some side-effects from meds too, in that she's reversed her sleep schedule, and isn't hungry. But we've been trying to help her/remind her for over a month, with no real results. She doesn't always take her antidepressant in the morning. Doesn't always take melatonin at night (to counteract beta blocker melatonin depletion), both of which I wonder is giving her insomnia. And then she gets busy and doesn't eat or doesn't eat much. And is happy with the fact she's losing weight, so she doesn't really remember (or care) about making herself eat. We're seeing a neurologist soon to see just how bad her memory issues are. But I'm not sure what else we can do. We stop by/call, but it doesn't seem to help long term. We live too far away to do daily check ins. (And my mom gets really irritated by them too.)[/quote]
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