Deep Sleep

I think I figured out why Mom has been exhibiting HE behaviors - she has been taking neurontin after the doc told her to stop. He prescribed it as a sleep aid, to kill the fibro pain to allow her to sleep. She has been using it far more than that. As PRN meds are one of her independently-controlled things, I have no clue how much or how often she takes it. Now she can't find the bottle. Oy. 

Trying to convince her to stop taking it is difficult. It means sleep and less pain. It also means that it compromises her cognitive function, which is both why I want her to stop and another reason she doesn't understand why I would want her to stop. It doesn't appear to help her pain, but exacerbates her tardive dyskinesia (the restless leg, tremors in the hands, involuntary muscle movements). It really messes with her mind, and I think it makes her HE worse. I think this is one of those meds that her liver can't clean up after, and those toxins stay in her system and sit on her brain like a cloud blocks the sun.