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My dad seems to be very irritable lately, but I’m worried there’s something medically wrong with him.

My dad had heart surgery two years ago in March and his heart works at 30%. He does pretty well, but lately he’s been getting irritable and asinine with all of us. When there are dishes or anything, he announces them as though he wants to put a guilt trip on everyone– when he saw me on the computer with the phone and my gameboy on, he acted like I was commiting a sin and when I told him to lay off and not be antagonistic, he jumped down my throat and called me a pain in the ***. He has been like this lately– and my grandma passed away a week or two ago and before she died, she showed odd behavior. This really isn’t like my dad, he’s normally relaxed and calm, but it seems he’s getting into weird mood swings. Could anyone tell me what they think? Or how I could quell this situation?

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firemedic24 offline Verified User (3 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months ago (7 minutes after post)

Sounds quite a bit like your dad is experiencing a lot of stress. Given his cardiac history I would try to help reduce any stressors that he encounters. With the recent loss it seems to be a trying time for him and should get better with time. try doing the “little things” to help make this time easier for him. If that does not work, I would suggest talking to him about his change in behavior and see if talking might get somethings off his chest. If that fails to work I would suggest possibly seeking some help for him from an outside source (family friend, family member etc).

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Deąth offline Verified User (3 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 500 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (7 minutes after post)

is he on ur grandmothers side? if so it could be a prt of the family, showing odd behavior before passing

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prettypoufy_anony offline Verified User (11 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (12 minutes after post)

It wasn’t on his side of the family– and when she did die, he acted very funny and made jokes during the viewing to try to make people laugh, but his jokes honestly weren’t humorous (they were more or less morbid, for lack of better words.) He seems to be crashing almost. He can’t drink beer anymore because of his medication so that bothers him at times, and then he just acts so angry and lashes out at people and forces his opinions on them now. It’s strange, and I don’t understand why he’d begin doing that.
He doesn’t sleep much because he has restless leg syndrome and now he’s playing solitare all of the time during the day, and he gets mad when he doesn’t win. It’s like he lost all of the things he enjoyed doing and he wants to make us miserable too. I’m honestly trying to cheer him up, but it’ shard when he becomes so unreachable.

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Deąth offline Verified User (3 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 500 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (14 minutes after post)

hmmm well maybe something happened tht u dont know about? did he like come home one day acting like this or was it just random during a part of the dy

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prettypoufy_anony offline Verified User (11 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (21 minutes after post)

Well, it’s kind of strange to say how it’s gone. My dad has always been mean towards my brother or sister– he never really disliked me or anything of that nature. He just suddenly has begun acted mean towards me.
Take about 5 weeks ago I would say it began, it was before my grandma was in the hospital and he began doing this thing where if there were dishes, he’d mention it and tell me to do it without saying please or anything. I always tell him to say please then because I always say “please” and “thank you” for anyone, but he just says “go do the dishes in there” or “move that thing” or “go into the house and get this for me.” He never did that, he would always get it himself or be kind about it. My dad spends a very solidly alone and sedintary(sp?) lifestyle because he just sits on the couch mostly watching TV and he’ll take a stroll through the yard or a nap every once in a while, but he just is really grounded like this huge boulder in our house.
Notable things are also that since my grandma passed away, my two uncles that were living there need to find out what to do and where to live, and my dad is pushing the idea that they should keep the house going even though we’re trying to convince him otherwise. He’s being a bit of an antagonistic character too, he called my uncle Danny and chewed him out for now having a job that could support that house, and he also swore at me and said the f-word, and that was the first time I ever heard him do it. I seriously can remember back to these things and think back to just a while ago and see a huge difference and I’m quickly losing respect for him.

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Deąth offline Verified User (3 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 500 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (24 minutes after post)

u should take him to a hospitable to find out what is wrong with him or try sitting down with him and talking about it

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prettypoufy_anony offline Verified User (11 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (27 minutes after post)

Okay, thank you for your help. :)

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Deąth offline Verified User (3 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 500 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (28 minutes after post)

yup no problem

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firemedic24 offline Verified User (3 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months ago (28 minutes after post)

I would suggest that he is seen by either his general practice doc, There are several treatment options out there that would help. If it gets too bad call for emergency services and have him evaluated

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An Undisclosed Location | 3 months ago (39 minutes after post)

I come from a part of world where pleases nad thank yous are not used widely especially when the other person is very close to you, i thing what your dad needs is your time and love. Is your dad working? does he have any job? How old is he? If he is not working…( Since he has a heart problem, I assume he is not working), I would suggest you to try to get him some job which is not stressful at all but which can help him to pass his time. Also does your mother live with you guys? If no … then convince her to take some time out and meet him on a regular basis. this will give him the emotional strength that he is looking for.After the loss of your grandma.. though he hasnt shown that the loss was a major one for him, I am sure that is what he is going through. The most important point is that you let go those subtle words like thankyou and please and just fulfil his wishes (the simpler ones like washing the dishes..so on)Give him all the love and time because believe me he wants that badly and for gods sake dont move him away from you.

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3 months ago (1 hour, 36 minutes after post)

When he gets on your case, just say, “hey fatty, back off.” He’ll probably laugh harder than he’s ever laughed before. Sometimes you just have to break the ice. Please post after you try it, I’d love to know how it turns out.

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