She Is Losing It

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My sister is seventy two and she is losing it, more and more. For about the third time in less than a month she has left her purse sitting somewhere while she was out at stores, etc. She used to just carry her wallet, but she would leave it laying on the riding cart at the store and as a result, began having panic attacks. She now has medication for when that occurs. Her strength has improved, she does not ride in a cart now. A neighbor gave her a new purse so she would quit laying her wallet down. Last spring, someone went in and stole her wallet from her purse in her house. She lost a lot of heirloom jewelry and became very depressed. She thought that was safe. She was given anti depressants. Since Christmas or before she has been forgetting things she has been told, or more recently she has been forgetting to get her purse, or in our case at Christmas, her medicines out of cars. [b] Yesterday she left Wal Mart while I was still in line. She wanted to smoke outside and did. She also was on the phone with her grand daughter. I walked over to the car, unlocked it, put my stuff in the back, unlocked her door. She wheeled her cart out, removed her two shopping bags and wheeled the cart over by the other carts. When we pulled up at her house a few minutes later, she realized she had left her purse, sitting outside, in a cart in front of Wal Mart. [/b] Hubby was working in the store. I had her call him. She asked me "why'? Hubby went out, found and retrieved her wide open purse. All contents were intact. What is happening with her? I do not know. She had a panic attack about the billfold, somewhat understandable. The day before she had a panic attack when she could not remove a new blouse. The attacks make her chest hurt. She has meds for the panic attacks but refuses to take them, in case they are addictive. They are prescribed. I know she takes an OTC remedy of a class that has recently been shown to cause dementia.Two tablets, every night. There are other alternatives that have the same results without the side effects. I told her to quit taking them, but she will not. There is another OTC that she takes regularly that is being shown to be linked to depression and dementia. She does not have much choice on that one though. This is what happens to our elderly and anyone who is dependent on medication. I have mine that I take as well, but those particular two are rare or never anymore. We cannot afford for me to start "losing it" too.