Question: Im online on behalf of my mother, 83, had cartoid stent (reverse flow) in XXXXXXX Has been passing out cold; left hand and arm sometimes feel completely dead. Yesterday slurred speech and then no speech for about 20 minutes but her brain knew what was going on. Has prothrombin gene mutation and her blood pressure is all over the place. When she sits or stands her blood pressure drops to dangerously low levels. She is weak and has been bedridden for the last 3 weeks and her nerves are shot (she suffers from PTSD due to car accident and also from death of husband 6 months later, death of son 7 years later). I don't know how to help her be calm enough to eat and build her strength back up. Help?

Here is a list of medications taken:

Depakote
Synthroid
Plavix
Midodrine (not sure if spelling is right..its to keep blood pressure up when she stands or sits up)
lipitor
warfarin
probiotics
remeron
ativan
equus stool softener

She has had numerous ct scans and mri's each time she has passed out. They have ruled out tia's. The hospital is currently trying to get her blood pressure under control but it continues to go from low to high. I've mentioned to the docs that her blood pressure goes low when she stands or sits, and she sometimes passes out. When she wakes up she is so nervous her blood pressure sky rockets.

She has a neck problem I know because it hurts her all the time and sometimes when she turns her head you can hear it snap 2 seats away from her.

She wears pressure stockings.

Im wondering if the midodrine isn't being cancelled out by the Ativan and Remeron. She has no appetite and a balanced, constant diet is necessary...do you think she should be given an appetite inducing med?

She is highly sensitive to cold and is constipated all the time. Is this from the Synthroid?

Is the Plavix and Warfarin overdoing her blood thinning?

The doctors don't seem to know what to do and obviously neither do we. Should she just go back to the meds she was taking before the surgery (warafrin, remeron, synthroid). I'm afraid she will be released from the hospital into a nursing home where she will be given heavy sedation and eventually I'll get a call about hospice. She was a vibrant woman a couple of years ago, taking care of horses, a home, driving, etc....she has been reduced to a weakened body with a good mind and strong heart.