Again Caroline is acting unstable after having two shots of penicillin, followed by 10 days of Ceftin. These are not supposed to interfere with her psych meds, but we really think they do, as we have seen this pattern in the past of agitation and outbursts when on antibiotics. We have to keep her on the antibiotics of course, but I am wondering if we need to increase the Seroquel temporarily. I need to call her doctor and find out.
The elderly often go off the deep end mentally when they get a uninary tract infection. This was a big surprise to me but I have seen it happen several times with my mother in law.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it is something about the infection as opposed to the antibiotics. Good luck.
That could be too. I do think illness makes mental illness worse too.
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