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Taking Morphine Pre And Post Back Surgeries. Totally Irritant, Doesn T Care For Anyone. What To Do ?

my spouse has been taking morphine pre- and post backsurgerie for 3 years now. his reasoning with daily issues is totally irrational, answers are changing, does not care about anything or anyone. he thinks that I am making any of his previous answers up if they are diffrerent than the current one. does not care about our situation at all: just having my income, I work my job, try to work overtime whenever I can. he does not participate in anything that involves our daily life., everything lies on my shoulder. he has been a loving and caring husband for 20 yrs., now he does not care if I hurt = cooking for 3 hrs., but he won t eat anything (1 example).
posted on Sat, 7 Dec 2013
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Dear patient,

Thanks for the query. The symptoms are worrisome for either an encephalopathy from medications or metabolic causes, versus a form of dementia from an indifferentiated cause. Sometimes, very severe depression can manifest as pseudo-dementia.

It is in his (and yours) best interest to be evaluated; a general internist could be the first to evaluate.


Hope that helps, wish you the best,

Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic
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Taking Morphine Pre And Post Back Surgeries. Totally Irritant, Doesn T Care For Anyone. What To Do ?

Dear patient, Thanks for the query. The symptoms are worrisome for either an encephalopathy from medications or metabolic causes, versus a form of dementia from an indifferentiated cause. Sometimes, very severe depression can manifest as pseudo-dementia. It is in his (and yours) best interest to be evaluated; a general internist could be the first to evaluate. Hope that helps, wish you the best, Dr Brenes-Salazar MD Mayo Clinic