Hi there ,
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I am so touched by your gesture and concern for your father that you hold , in times such as these when kids are not at all bothered about their parents welfare .
But , i feel you are not thinking objevtively , because your anxiety has overwhelmed your clear and logical thinking , just come to think of it , your father is suffering from urinary tract infection which is a very common occurrence , and which will get alright in a few days , now that he has been started on the right anti biotics , so please do not worry and do not get to hasty conclusions, i know it is the anxiety that is driving you to think all the extreme results about your father .
So, i suggest you to ask your family doctor to start you on 1 anti anxiety drug such as either klonopin or ativan or restoril and you continue taking it for 2-3 weeks duration , by the end of this period , your father 's condition will be improved completely , and your anxiety will also subside, due to the effect of drug as well as due to the recovery of your father.
I hope this helps..
I wish you all the best and pray for rapid recovery of your father.
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Psychiatry Resident
MD Psychiatry Senior Resident
Hi Dr Kaushik,
Thank you for this. I know, when I think logically, that what he has isn't life threatening, but since Mum died, he doesn't have anyone to look after him on a daily basis (having said that he's perfectly capable of looking after himself of course!). My anxiety causes me to "catastrophize", to use one of those awful buzz words, and I automatically jump to the most serious conclusion with absolutely no evidence to support that. Trouble is, the palpitations and nausea started the minute he said he'd been to the doctors, not really giving me time for rational thought. I was hoping medication could be avoided, but perhaps I should try it, rather than relying on hoping that common sense will prevail? I know I have to tolerate the uncertainty of everything and this is what I am not good at. I like to be in control and be sure of an outcome, which of course is impossible! Thanks again for your help. Pippa
Now you got it .. So just do the needful and try any one of the above mentioned drugs for 3-4 weeks , and i am quite sure that your anxiety will be taken care of , but at the same time you need to become more receptive about the truths of this world , all of us age and fall ill , but we do not need to draw any hasty conclusions , so just try to be there for your father when ever he needs you , and i am sure that is what you always do , and just to mention that i am very overwhelmed to come across a nice , genuine and loving person as yours .
Take care..
Warm regards..