Giving a fig

Things are not going well with my Mother - she will be 90 in a few weeks - she is bi-polar , the doctor's in their wisdom decided to slash her dose of whatever has been working really well for the last 6 years and within 2 weeks there are signs of her having an "episode" - she gets childishly excited about the slightest thing, then the anxiety kicks in, but the biggest pointer: she packs a bag and says she'll be off to Africa to help women with aids. Very commendable but she can hardly walk. I had been warning Pops that this was the start of it but he is so stubborn and hadn t noticed, anyway, he rang in a panic this morning , so I beetled off to try and persuade her to unpack her bag, try and find the company she had booked the taxi through etc. Pops talked to the doctor and looks like we will be gradually increasing meds - it is a shame as she was much more engaged at the start of the decrease - I wonder if they can find a happy medium ?