I’m starting 300mg bupropion and 16 mg naltrexone split into 2 doses. I’m seeing people say they basically don’t want to eat. So I’m wondering, are you able to push through? Or does it make you sick. I want to stop the mindless eating but I still need to make sure I’m getting 100mg of protein… will that be impossible with this medication?
My parents are 72 and we’ve noticed the last few years my mom’s cognitive health declining. Not understanding things she understood before (like technology related, credit card statements, etc.), more forgetful and losing things more (even though she’s always been this way). Also her house is getting worse. Think hoarders but in her mind there’s a reason for the clutter and madness because they’re supposed to fix up their house so she has to go through everything she owns first to get it “organized.”
For the last year or so we’ve been kind of grilling my dad to figure out if he knows somethings up or if he’s in denial. He’s always been very careful to not say anything bad about my mom to us, almost like he’s scared she’ll somehow find out.
A couple of weeks ago it all exploded and he finally vented to me. I feel so, so bad for what he’s been living with for who knows how long. He finally told me she’s bipolar, has always been, but she’s always acted like people use mental health to excuse behaviors and she acts like it’s not real. In addition to that there’s definitely some possible dementia, her mother had it and died at 77.
He said the mood changes are daily. He’s constantly stressed he’s going to say the wrong thing and sometimes he just can’t help it and she blows up at him. I told him it’s possible she has dementia and it’s exasperating the bipolar, but I think because he’s lived with the mood swings so long he’s having a hard time believing that. I suggested he write a note to her dr before her next checkup outlining all of his concerns and her symptoms and maybe the dr can approach the cognitive stuff and somehow also treat the bipolar in a sensitive way. She would never admit she’s bipolar in a million years. He’s probably asked me 3 times since then to keep that between us and says he should have never said anything, he’s so scared she’ll find out we “talked.”
I’m genuinely concerned for my dad’s health. I’m worried the stress of living with her is going to give him a heart attack or stroke, but he’s terrified to do anything about it. What can we do? He just called me this morning and asked me to just stay on her side if she calls about anything because otherwise it will just make things worse.