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Bill Lawless wrote: >Denise, >Try the writing of the PD Recovery Project. www.pdrecovery.org . I don't know about the acupuncture part, but the description of the patients reaction to various meds is the same as my experience. Your father may be over medicated or have the wrong combination of medicines . Your own experience with neurology will help a lot. His quick decline seems unusual. > >Regards, Bill Lawless >[Post hoc, ergo propter hoc!] a logical fallacy. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Denise Figliozzi > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:37 PM > Subject: New to list: Introduction and Question about Glutathione > > > Hi Everyone, > > I am writing to you today because I am desperate to find my Dad some help. My Dad is 66 years old and in the past year, his PD has progressed tremendously. I have no more faith in the doctor's current care at this timeis progressin. This is because they can't even seem to balance the meds out correctly and in the meantime, the disease. > Denise > [log in to unmask] > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > Dear Denise; I am a 67 year old PWP dx 10 years ago. My PD had made very slow progress (I hate that word) until May - August when it accelerated so rapidly that I was in the hospital for re-eavluation because of hallucinations, sleep-walking and falls as well as festination and freezing. My neuro kept upping the sinemet until I was at 900 mg per day ( I was at 200 in May) and now I am a dyskinetic mess. I went to another doctor for a second opinion and he agreed to work with me for a very slow titration back down to 200mg or 300 mg. Its going to be hard wotrk. As for the cause of the explosion of symptoms, the new Doc, Christopher Goetz at Rish Medical center in Chicago, he said he didn't know: it could be a concurrent viral infection, acute stress or meds interacting. The important thing is to get the dsyskinesia under control. I hope this helps with your father. A new point of view is always helpful. Nancy S. deGrazia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn