Yesterday my Mom accused us of stealing her purse. She has been having memory issues, and it is getting worse.

Last night she was looking out of the window with a letter in her hand. She wanted to give it to a neighbor asking for help.

Today she has no memory of it.

What am I dealing with?

sounds pretty normal for dementia, including alz.

That is what I was afraid of...She finally found her purse, with no memory of all the accusations, or the letter.

Mom's doctor wants to put her on medication, I know she will be very resistant to take it.

Mom used to be in the medical field which makes it even harder....she says,"I would know if there was anything wrong with me,"

Hi, Sounds like what I went thru about 2 years ago with my mom. She would be ok one minute & then all of a sudden her facial expression would change & you KNEW you were in for it! She used to have me crying with confussion. I didn't know she had Alzhiemers/Dementia/Schizophrenia...She would just start yelling, accusing me of stealing her meds, money, all sorts of off the wall stuff! Then an hour later, NO memory of any of it. She would call ME Crazy.
She had some sort of episode 2 years ago where she went to sleep, & would not wake up. Called 911 & this whole thing started there. Now she is on 14 or more meds, it's crazy. I just joined this group myself a few days ago & I must say they are all AWESOME! If you can get the time to read, keep reading, keep asking...These people here help.
Also, one last note: we all made the mistake of listening to my mom when she told us to Mind our own business! We allowed her to make so many BAD decissions. We should have known she was "sick"....Go with your gut instinct and take control now before it gets complicated. Good luck & prayers are sent your way.

Thank you for the response. Things has gone from bad to worse...a few nights ago she ran out the house thinking we were planning to kill her.

Ohh, I am sooo sorry! Is she on meds? I took my mom off her Thiothixeme for Schizophrenia, to give her a break from all the OTHER meds to correct the side effects of that one. She was ok for 1 week.............Then YIKES all hell broke loose...Evil devil came out of her! It was like she was possesed by demons, even her voice went creepy...So she is back on them.
Feel free to talk anytime. I have you & your mom in my prayers