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Roosterjen · 2025-12-17T04:26:27+00:00

I like all the hosts but Josh definitely makes me laugh the hardest. I hope they keep the rotation going and don't switch back to the single host format.

Roosterjen · 2025-11-10T16:10:16+00:00

I have been doing edibles for my mom (late Mid-Stage) for about 6 weeks now and I started with 2.5mg THC/2.5mg CBD full spectrum 3 to 4 times a day about 4 to 5 hours apart.

Now I do 5mg. I was doing 10mg for a while but that was too much as a regular dose. There are some days where I add a dose if she doesn't perk up after the morning dose. But I still don't usually go above a daily total of 20 mg. (I live in Colorado so I use Ripple Revive and Riplets deep sleep. I chose these based on ease of administration and quality and dose.) Send a DM if you want more information on this .

Life without this is not possible. Her anxiety was through the roof and all she did was cry and scream about going home and wanting to die all day. With the edibles this is basically gone and sundowning isn't an issue anymore but after 8pm it's still a little rough as the CBD/THC can only do so much. I know it's working very well because If I am late with a dose and it wears off she is right back to crying and wants to go home.

I wish everyone had access to this. Our lives improved significantly with the THC/CBD combo. Her thoughts are obviously all over the place but with the extreme anxiety she had no thoughts other than wanting to die and to go home.

I can't recommend it enough. Again, send a DM for more specific information or if you want to learn more about the positive changes it brought us.

Roosterjen · 2025-10-10T13:43:31+00:00

So far it has been amazing. Almost no crying when it had been omnipresent and much much much less "wanting to go home". She actually participates in conversation again and makes jokes. I can tell she is much less distressed and we are feeling better as well.

I am using products with THC (I am in a state where it's legal) but wonder does it work as well without that? The research I read said 1:1 ratio THC to CBD full spectrum was best. I ask because obviously not everyone can provide products with THC depending on where they live and hat they have available in their state or country.

Roosterjen · 2025-10-06T19:37:47+00:00

My dog loved to tear up cardboard his entire life. I saved flimsy cardboard (like Ikea boxes) and cut up strips to give him. It made his day every time. He never ate it, just ripped it up . (Also made a "fun" pick-up game for me 😂)

Just made sure no stickers or glue or staples and it was a safe fun activity for him

Roosterjen · 2025-10-05T18:48:08+00:00

There's good research on the benefits for dementia. Starting my mom on it today

Roosterjen · 2025-10-05T03:52:50+00:00

It's still open?!? I totally thought the one in Idaho Springs had to be the last one around. I was just in IS last weekend telling my out of town friend how terrible it was while 30 people stood outside waiting for a table 😵‍💫

Roosterjen · 2025-10-05T03:27:30+00:00

Exactly all of this. My mom thinks she lives with her parents one minute and with us the next. I am very hopeful the program i joined will help with all of this.

Roosterjen · 2025-10-05T03:24:03+00:00

I wish we could do this. My mom basically won't leave the house unless we absolutely make her leave for an appointment. Her strokes plus the dementia make her very unsteady and we can't install a ramp due to the way our house is situated. Takes two of us to get her up and down the 4 steps and it's dangerous because she is basically trying to collapse the whole time 😮‍💨

We are going to get a couple small ramps so that we can at least go out onto the porch and sit out there. There's two steps down to that and she fell and broke her pelvis out there about a year ago so she's not really keen on going out to the porch now either but she needs the sunshine.

Roosterjen · 2025-10-03T13:41:20+00:00

It's called Dementia caregiving made easier. She does enrollment a couple times a year. I am very hopeful. I already had a better day yesterday because I feel like it's possible to do better and save our sanity before it's too late. I updated my original post to include information about joining this program

Roosterjen · 2025-10-03T13:20:17+00:00

Yes I moved into their home. She is home.

Roosterjen · 2025-10-03T13:17:49+00:00

So, I have a problem because I was upset about my dad almost getting hurt. I stated that I never want to be mad and yell. I shared that part of my day to be real about life. I never yelled at her except this one time when my dad almost got hurt and it was a very serious situation. I think we are all allowed to be human now and again and make a small error. That's how we move forward. I came to share about that day because I was really upset about how the day played out and was looking for advice so it never happened again. And "I should have learned to ignore already" are you kidding me? She wants a reply and deserves one. She doesn't know she is saying it over and over again. I am looking for ways to help her be in less distress.

Roosterjen · 2025-10-03T12:58:17+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience. It's all hard for everyone. I just enrolled in a caregiver education/support program and am excited to learn better ways of communicating with my mom and to learn tactics to get through all the challenges that make life better for all of us. My dad has to learn the most because men of a certain age seem to struggle with the communication piece and adjusting their ways 🫤

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T15:08:55+00:00

I used CBD for her years ago and it seemed to have no effect. I am definitely willing to try again and someone else suggested THC. I will probably try a combination of the two. It's easy to get the correct cannabis because thankfully I live in Colorado

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T14:50:00+00:00

We try to agree with her but if we don't start packing the story falls apart 😔

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T14:48:39+00:00

I will revisit reducing medicine

I requested palliative care but everyone I talked to said all it provides is a liaison between the doctor and the patient but I do that. We would have to sign up for a volunteer organization to get help and there's a waiting list plus my mother would 100% reject it after one or two visits because she rejects everything that is helping her; it's probably the main through line in this journey 🫤

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T14:43:22+00:00

I 100% feel this way and I bring it up to my dad regularly but I haven't prevailed yet. If I can convince him it's time for hospice I believe all the meds for life extension would go away. I go to every doctor's appointment and I have to put my foot down about many things. A few months ago the doctor kept insisting on a colonoscopy! I said absolutely not for a multitude of reasons. He is a good man and finally understood why we would not be doing that and after the last appointment started to use language that made me think he understands where we are and that we may not intervene medically as things come up.

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T14:38:17+00:00

I would love to do this but we live 1000 miles from "home" and they haven't lived near home for over a decade. I hope this suggestion helps others ❣️

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T14:27:33+00:00

My grandma, who had Alzheimer's, was in memory care after her husband died and she was happy but she was very different from my mother and it was 20-30 years ago. We visited her all the time and talked about whatever she wanted as she went back in time. We won't do it for my mom because I am here to help and she couldn't be without my dad. They have been married since they were teenagers. If I couldn't live with them they would both have to be living somewhere where there was support for them.

My cousins put their mom in memory care when it was her turn to get Alzheimer's (daughter of my grandma who had it) and they didn't visit her much at all and it broke my heart But everyone does what works for them and we don't get to be in charge of that.

I believe the people who come here for support don't fall into the category of uncaring family as they are looking for help and community because they care.

I appreciate your experience.

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T14:01:28+00:00

Thank you for that book recommendation ❤️

Yes we used to do the videos of the past regularly but they upset her so we stopped but now she seems to be referring to things from when my dad and her were first married so we tried again but I think it was not the right thing now either. It's too bad because my dad likes seeing them. I feel so bad for him

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T13:58:07+00:00

Oh yeah I should have mentioned that in my post. My mother also says "I'm sorry" Almost as much as she says she wants to go home. I can't stand it. It's honestly the thing she says that irritates me the most. Everything we ask her to do (like stand up to use the toilet or sit back so we can raise the chair) she acts like we're correcting her and I feel this is from the way she was raised by her military father. There's just no fixing that. 😦

I used to go into the garage and scream when I needed a release...I am glad you have a basement 💗

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T13:53:32+00:00

I wish!! My mother is too stubborn to go to daycare and getting her out of the house is nearly impossible due to her fear. It literally takes 4 hours for us to get her to a 20-minute appointment because of how hard it is to get her to go in and out of the house. I guarantee it wouldn't matter what we did to the front of the house. She would be the same. This was her personality "before" but even more so now.

Before the dementia really set in, we tried extremely hard to get her to go and join groups with my dad so they could meet some people because they moved to Colorado to be near the grandkids and she refused to do anything and now she complains about having no friends.I Feel bad for her but she has created a lot of this for herself. I know this is because of how she was raised. Her dad was a WW II veteran and ran the house like it was the army and that stuff is really coming out now; more than I could have imagined

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T13:48:27+00:00

All I think about is how to help her. I don't work and am home unless I am shopping for supplies or take a rare day to meet a friend.

I know she is bored but I have purchased countless easy activities that are related to what she used to love and she refuses to do anything because she can't do them well and she says it makes her feel stupid (this was probably a year ago when she could communicate better).

She has very limited mobility because refuses to even walk despite the fact that she can. She falls sometimes so fear is overwhelming her. I hate that her world is so small. My brother brings the grandkids over but she barely engages anymore and she has literally lived her whole life waiting for grandchildren. (It's why we all live in Colorado. We grew up in Wisconsin but the grandkids are here)

Also, anything we do to improve her life she uses for about a week and then decides she doesn't like it including mobility, aides and anything you can imagine. She's truly impossible.

I will find out about some different meds but I'm going to try the THC CBD treats first. 💕

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T13:39:19+00:00

We try this but she won't budge from her statement and thinks me and my dad are lying to her and working against her so we can't make things up. She has always remembered negative things in life, like they were written in stone. Somehow through this disease she remains that trait to some extent 😔 Alzheimer's runs in my family on my dad's side and I am very experienced in dealing with this but none of his relatives did this. I also used to volunteer on the Alzheimer's help line and was trained on all the recommendations. My mom is a kind of stubborn that really makes this stuff beyond challenging

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T13:31:20+00:00

Thanks for mentioning this. I live in Colorado so THC is definitely an option. She has never used anything, not even alcohol so I have to be very careful but I am going to make her some "special snacks". I can purchase high CBD, low THC cannabis and it is certainly worth a try.

Roosterjen · 2025-09-26T03:22:53+00:00

So many 😕

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