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Sure sounds like you are on the right tract. A different diagnosis , maybe a movement disorder specialist can help . Even with PD , not all persons respond favorably to PD meds. My husband cannot take PD meds for his problems so he must watch his diet very carefully and take lots of vitamin supplements to help him. Hopefully a different diagnosis will help her prognosis for improvement. Maybe it is a stroke or something entirely different. If she has a diecontrast MRI , you should be able to differenentate between Parkinsons and MS. A CT would show up a stroke or other abnormalities. Our prayers go out to you in your struggle to do the best for Gert. You both seem very special. D.L. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ms S" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 4:10 PM Subject: Parkinsonisms > I have been luring and posting a little for the past three weeks.... I > have been watching the protein intake and timing of meds for Gert, the > woman I care for... and she seems to be getting worse, not better.... I > read today in an APDA pamphlet about SND... She is in early starges of > "PD" DX about 1 yr ago, meds not effective, and now getting worse when I > expected it to be better... gait and balance problems...no tremor.... I > plan on calling her doctor, and requesting thet he take her off the > meds...and explore the probability of this not being Parkinson's... > What would you all do ? > Renee > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn