Nigel, my husband Dick, who has PD, is going to physical therapy. They are working on balance there with him and he is much improved. He has been going since October. My mother has drop attacks much as you describe. She does not have PD and they have not found anything to help her yet. She is scheduled for an MRI next week.
Elaine
Kenneth Goodrich <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I have been led to believe that problems with balance are a PD
symptom that is ameliorated little, if at all, by available
medications. Physical therapists have balance exercises that may
help. Best wishes.
On Mar 13, 2008, at 6:52 AM, Nigel Harland wrote:
> Hi, I have had PD since 1989, am now aged 53 and in recent months
> have been experiencing loss of balance resulting in me falling flat
> on my face causing damage not only to my knees and hands, but also
> to any household items which are in my way when I fall. This
> usually happens between doses of medication, and seems to have got
> worse since I started on Rotigotine patches. The frustrating thing
> about this is that I can tell when I am about to fall, but I can't
> stop myself, it is almost as if there is a little voice in my head
> saying " Fall, fall" and however hard I try to stop it, down I go.
> Does anyone else have a similar experience, and perhaps any advice
> on how to stop it from happening.
>
> Regards
> Nigel Harland
>
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