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The Dr. Laura Podcast

My Mom Has Lost Her Mind

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Cristy can't stand visiting her mom who's in a zombie-like state because of severe memory loss. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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Christine, welcome to the program.

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Hi, Dr. Laura, thank you for taking my call.

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Thank you.

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I have a 82-year-old mother who has full-blown Alzheimer's and has been living and

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assisted living and now memory care since the pandemic since 20-20.

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At this point, her brain is... What's her state of health at this point?

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She's completely wheelchair-bound.

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She can't speak anymore. She doesn't know who I am anymore, which I

1:17.4

expected that was going to happen at some point. And her brain is gone. She can't communicate. She just sits in a wheelchair all day and doesn't really participate. She doesn't really participate in life anymore. She can't. So it's pretty sad.

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And when I do go visit her, it's very depressing to see the other residents in the memory care unit that are much farther worse off than she is.

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And also I have had a strange relationship with her

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my whole life, especially adult life. She was a very bad mother and so I did my good

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mother or bad mother she's gone whoever she is is gone I do not

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