crow330
Member
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2013
- Messages
- 12
- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Diagnosis
- 02/2012
- Country
- US
- State
- NY
- City
- New York City
My young, otherwise healthy, mom, has "probable ALS".
My mother's father died of ALS and she quite simply does not want to die that way. I am her primary caregiver now and she tells me every day that she wants to die. She has a therapist, is on antidepressants and anti anxiety pills, but the depression and fear of dying is winning.
She does not want to fight the disease, she does not seem to care that there are many of us she will leave behind if she chooses to die, and yet, I understand why she feels this way.
The pain and guilt I feel every day is overwhelming me and I just don't know how to help her.
Has anyone else has experience with this?
~crow
My mother's father died of ALS and she quite simply does not want to die that way. I am her primary caregiver now and she tells me every day that she wants to die. She has a therapist, is on antidepressants and anti anxiety pills, but the depression and fear of dying is winning.
She does not want to fight the disease, she does not seem to care that there are many of us she will leave behind if she chooses to die, and yet, I understand why she feels this way.
The pain and guilt I feel every day is overwhelming me and I just don't know how to help her.
Has anyone else has experience with this?
~crow