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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She may be just losing her filter.  Or it could be depression manifesting as hostility.

Is she eating adequately?  A lot of older people living alone let cooking and regular meals slip, and that negatively impacts their mood.  [/quote]

OP here. Thanks for the response. Yes, I do think she is losing her filter! She seems to be eating adequately, but I do think mild depression may be part of it. She obsesses more than she used to about things that annoy and/or offend her despite the fact she has distractions to keep her busy.  Oh and she doesn't talk to what she calls "shrinky dinks" because she says they are more crazy than anyone else and she cites examples of the ones she has known-parents of kids I went to school with, etc. She thinks depression meds are for the weak and will just interact with all the meds she has to take for other issues. The drug interaction thing is a real and valid concern because she has had issues before with non-psychotropic meds. The med books might not say certain drugs interact, but she gets a reaction and then the doctor takes her off one and she's fine. She also cites examples of...Thelma seemed healthy and then they added a depression med and a blah blah med and her health went down hill fast till she died.[/quote]

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