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Rajeev Welcome to the world of Parkinson's It is a place you don't want to be. Every PWP is different in terms of disease progression and reaction to Meds. What your dad is experiencing is not unheard of. Sinemet doesn't help me much at all, in fact I quit taking it for several years til I had my DBS brain surgeries, but I just have slight dyskinesias My neuro, like most, wants me to take something. Some people are helped greatly. Alternatives? Drug experimentation is no fun,but his neuro will probably want to do that. although they usually try agonists first then Sinemet or Carbidopa/Levidopa as last resort. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rajeev R" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 6:59 PM Subject: Mental Health and Parkinsons > Dear Parkinsn Listserv members: > > I have been a silent member of this listserv for about a year now. This > is > my first post. My father was diagnosed with parkinsons in 1999. He is > currently 62 years of age. > > His medication during the first few years was primarily Sinemat, however, > during the last 2 years or so, the doctor has prescribed entacapone > (comptan) to reduce the down time. Since then, symptons of aggressive > behavior, paranoia and hallucinations have profoundly increased. Is this > common? What are the alternative treatments? I would greatly appreciate > anyone sharing some thoughts on this. Any tips on coping with this > behavior > would also be very helpful. > > Thank you in advance. > Rajeev > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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