Dad is primary caregiver, but she loves and hates him

Blithe418

Earlier this month, I had posted about my mom's angry stage, and thanks to all of your suggestions, we were able to increase Seroquel. She takes 1 pill, 25mg, at night.  It seems to be working, or at least has taken some of the anger off.  She now is paranoid and consumed with the cell phone (she thinks dad is having an affair and has 2 kids), always trying to check who calls who is messaging, who he is talking to. I'm ready to turn their cell phones off and leave a landline.

She doesn't want him to be alone at all, and I know thats the paranoia.  I'm trying what I can do to help dad, such as having her spend the night, but that seems to temporarily help.   

Have any of you take a drastic move to remove your lo from these situations? Sometimes i feel as if her being with dad only makes her worse, but I don't know what to do.

M1

Hi Blithe.  Yes, partners can be a trigger for their loved one, there are several threads on here that relate to that.  Heartbreaking, but not uncommon.