Re: Hypotension

[Ron Vetter <rfvetter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

perhaps some panic - may be due to low muscle tone in muscles that
are not rigid.

exercising muscles used to sit and rise would likely help. the rigid
ones do not function any more.

if you use bars or walker to get down and up, you are using arms to
compensate for leg muscles.

ron

> i'm feeling faint. during night i wake  up (needing to void),   perspiring,
> weak, afraid i  will  pass  out. i remove nightwear (w/assist), request
> washdown w/wet cloth, ask for juice. take a sinemet and pray i don't   fall
> off "throne".
> i'm not sure if it is need of sinemet, sugar, low bp.
> i think it occurs more often when i increase sinemet. i'm  now   up to   8
> /day--25/100 reg. i'm trying to use more salt.
> neuro does find big drop in  bp upon standing. i've had lab work done; i
> suspect he will advise  bp stabilizer.   i would prefer not to  add more
> meds. bp  was border high  before  sinemet. now sitting = av/norm. also sugar
> was normal before sinemet. went  through diabetes scare so dieted  and  have
> sugar under control (cut   out soda and  juice).
> any advice (i've tried eldepryl, meripex, comtan, amantadine--i seem to get
> weaker/worse....no  strength, depressed, constipated--go to bed)
> diag 95, age 59 now. nancy spires.

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Ron Vetter 1936, '84 PD dz