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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just stop to the ones that say he needs "anxiety meds".  You have to understand that his generation didn't "go to therapy" and definitely didn't take anxiety medicine.  Sorry, I agree with your dad.  He isn't anxious, he's being himself.  Tell him you're sorry you mentioned therapy.

Just have a normal conversation with him about how you feel and accept that it will take time to get used to him there, for you and him.[/quote]

No, you don’t get it. Sorry. That’s not how it works with people in decline, and OP’s Dad wouldn’t be living with them if things were going great. The meds are to make the person feel better but mainly they’re to make managing them…manageable. So they aren’t fighting you in the evenings and getting out of bed alone at 4am. That sort of thing. OP’s not there yet but she’s on her way. [/quote]

Yeah I mean, I'd drug him if he refused, straight up. Making this work might require extreme measures. Xanax in his dinner or something.[/quote]

I would love to do this to a lot of people. I wish it wasn’t against the law.[/quote]

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