chriswhit44
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- Jun 23, 2010
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- Loved one DX
- Diagnosis
- 07/2009
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- US
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- OK
- City
- Tulsa
Does anyone's loved one exhibit a very high anxiety level when it comes to ALS?
Obviously being diagnosed with ALS would cause anxiety... but I am talking about much more then that.
My Mom has levels of anxiety that I have never witnessed before. She checks her mailbox 4-5 times a day, even after she has already gotten her mail. She walks around the house making sure lights are turned off. Before she lost her ability to eat... she would smack like 4-5 sticks of gum at a time. She shakes her leg, non-stop, while watching tv or really just sitting there. She worries constantly about little things. Not dying. Not her health. But just little trivial things.
I keep telling her to relax and take it easy. I reassure her that everything is fine and that I am there for her. We even give her an ant-anxiety medication through her peg tube but nothing seems to matter.
Wondering if anyone else notices these things in their ALS loved ones?
The Dr. told us that she probably has a slight case of demensia... but didn't seem to worried about it because... really what does it matter at this point.
I just wanted to know if this was common among other ALS patients.
Obviously being diagnosed with ALS would cause anxiety... but I am talking about much more then that.
My Mom has levels of anxiety that I have never witnessed before. She checks her mailbox 4-5 times a day, even after she has already gotten her mail. She walks around the house making sure lights are turned off. Before she lost her ability to eat... she would smack like 4-5 sticks of gum at a time. She shakes her leg, non-stop, while watching tv or really just sitting there. She worries constantly about little things. Not dying. Not her health. But just little trivial things.
I keep telling her to relax and take it easy. I reassure her that everything is fine and that I am there for her. We even give her an ant-anxiety medication through her peg tube but nothing seems to matter.
Wondering if anyone else notices these things in their ALS loved ones?
The Dr. told us that she probably has a slight case of demensia... but didn't seem to worried about it because... really what does it matter at this point.
I just wanted to know if this was common among other ALS patients.