Re: Hallucination&Sinemet ??

[Nancy D Mullen <ds401@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken,


I agree with you about having to sometimes choose
which of the symptoms are the most troubling for the individual and the
family to deal with at that time.  I have MSA and sometimes I have to
try to find humor in my symptoms.  It is not to be interpreted to mean
that I find the symptoms funny. but I use humor is  as a coping mechanism.

Nancy

Reply to message from d010421c@xxxxxxxxxxxxx of Mon, 17 Mar
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>Please understand that I am not making light of the halucination
>problem, it is certainly not something anyone would want, given the
>choice. On the other hand, my father has so many other problems, in
>addition to the  PD, that SOME of the hallucinating, as I said, he didn't
>seem to mind. There were episodes where he was upset and violent, which
>is not his usual demeanor.  I am happy to hear that  your mother has been
>spared from the symptom. I am trying to make the best of a situation, by
>picking out anything that can have two sides, and finding the more
>positive side.
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>Ken Becker
>d010421c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, WENDY HENRY wrote:
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>> Mr. Becker:
>>
>> You wrote that this probably in not one of the worst symptoms of PD
>> (hallucinations), and that you consider your father's hallucinations a nice
>> little getaway for him.  Well, if that's the case for him, I'm glad for him.
>> My mother, however, did not have "nice" hallucinations.  She had paranoia, 
>> she
>> saw witches, and she saw someone out to hurt her, or all the children she 
>> "saw"
>> all the time.  She even got to believe that my dad was a terrorist, and he 
>> was
>> trying to plant bombs in the personal care home she was in.  She saw my dead
>> brother and sister, and her parents.  This was upsetting, as she had to be 
>> told
>> over and over that they are gone.  She got to the point that she was crying 
>> all
>> the time.  She got scared and weakened, her condition worsened.  We finally 
>> got
>> her hospitalized and they discovered that the mixture of eldepryl and sinemet
>> were way too strong for her.  She is now much better mentally, and doesn't
>> remember any of the horror she experienced.
>>
>> I'm sure that everyone reacts differently to medications, and their levels of
>> hallucinations are different.  Don't assume that everyone has an easy time of
>> it.
>>
>> Wendy Henry
>> CG for Ruth (77/4+)
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