Concerned about Mom's progression

arp26

Hi,

First post. Not quite sure how to do this but I need advice. My mom was diagnosed with MCI in 2023. She is only in her mid 40s. She is progressing towards early onset unfortunately more rapidly than we hoped. She also just went through Breast cancer treatment late last year and into this spring. I got married end of last month and she has seemed mostly the same through all of that. About a week and a half ago now I spent the night at her house and she woke up the next morning disoriented and dizzy to the point of coming home early from work. She said she felt like she was extremely high. (No judgement please. She uses THC for restless legs and sleep issues.) She got a little better over that weekend but then has steadily gotten more confused and tired through last week. Did not go to work most of last week and the days she tried to go she came home early. She barely slept over the weekend and is getting more loss of focus and forgetting what she is doing or saying. Obviously the not sleeping is a big negative factor but I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar? My dad is getting very concerned and frustrated bc he tries to help and she gets upset bc she wants to do stuff herself. This was very sudden as she was literally perfectly fine before the incident last week. I am concerned and not sure what to do to help.
Thank you for any advice.

sandwichone123

She may have had a small stroke, or more than one. Here is a link to an article gifted by another member.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/health/elderly-tia-stroke.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IE8.BO37.xssaUFKSfe6y&smid=url-share

You may want to take her to the ER to be checked for stroke symptoms.