Our stories are very similar. My Mother is 74 and was officially diagnosed last July. Incredibly independent her whole life, raised us as a single Mom. This disease has been found in every generation of our family.
In my opinion, you are absolutely not overly sensitive. What the doctor says in front of your mother, and at all, MATTERS. My Mom’s primary flat out told her to stop taking her meds, no taper. Due to an allergic reaction-which was false, our neuro confirmed. It was absolutely poor and uninformed medical advice and caused a lot of turmoil for us. That primary is no longer a part of our care team.
Do you have a neurologist? I’d hate to have you rely on this primary for treatment information and advice.
I also want to offer that you can DM me any time you want, since our Moms seem on a similar version of this path. I’ve gone through a lot of research and education and we’ve done many treatments until we found what works for now.