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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Is she bored or feeling like no one needs her.  Perhaps she is causing drama because people call and visit her more to talk about the issue.  It's manipulative.[/b]

Otherwise yes there may be some cognitive decline.[/quote]

Ding! Ding! Ding![/quote]

NP.

This is the case with mine. I actually had to hang up on her today because she kept yelling at me.

What do you guys do to deal with this behavior? She has driven everyone away except my dad and me (and I'm on the brink). Mine is 72.[/quote]

Mine has tantrums. I walk on eggshells and avoid conversations that could stress her. When I see signs she is getting crazy i make an excuse to leave or get off phone or change subject. I have literally walked out the door during a tantrum. She decided I was off the rails for doing that. I think the combo of losing hearing, losing filter and losing awareness makes for some very loud yelling.[/quote]

Was there any aspect of this in her personality prior to aging?[/quote]

I am the poster you are responding to. Much like the other poster, my mother has been prickly in the past, but was a good mother, especially once we were adults. Stress is what sets off her crazy and now aging is doing it. She also used to be more respectful of boundaries. Now living near her is suffocating. I do find setting limits has forced her to connect more with peers, but she is desperate to become part of my social circle and it's not going to happen...in part because they are the people I vent to about her temper tantrums and abusive rants.[/quote]

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