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Hullo Ronald, Thank you for taking the trouble to respond to my mail. Yes, Mumbai has always been streets ahead of other cities in India on many things. They have a Parkinson's Society there as well as several support groups. However, since we are based in Calcutta it is difficult for us to take advantage of all this. With best wishes, Moneesha On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Priscilla Rodrigues <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello > Iam a parkinsons patient for the last 12years Iam 70 years old Ithink the > medication is a bit too much for him you should see a neurologist specialsed > in parkinsons Mirtaz is a good tablet for depression Iam surprised that you > dont have a support group in calcutta > does he have muscle rigidty or tremors we have very good doctors in > Mumbai at the Bombay hospital and the HindujaI sugest you take a another > opnion > Ronald > > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:33:12 +0530> From: > [log in to unmask]> Subject: I am new to this forum> To: > [log in to unmask]> > Hullo,> > I have just joined this group. > I found it by googling for support for> Parkinson's patients and caregivers > since the city in which we live,> Calcutta, India, has no support groups.> > > My husband was diagnosed with PD in August 2001, though I think he probably> > had it for about 18 months before that. Now his doctor says he is in the> > third stage of the illness. Apart from his motor problems, what has been> > quite distressing of late is the psychosis that is bedevilling him -> > hallucinations, delusions and confusion. He is on> > - Syndopa 275 (levodopa > 250 mg+carbidopa IP 25 mg), 3 tablets a day> - Pramipex 1 (pramipexole > dihydrochloride monohydrate 1 mg), 3 tablets> a day> - Qutan 50 (quetiapine > fumarate equivalent to quetiapine 50 mg), 2> tablets a day> - Mirtaz 7.5(mirtazapine), 1 tablet a day> - Modalert 200, 1 tablet a day> > I cannot > help feeling that he is on too much medication. The Syndopa dosage> has > remained unchanged since the middle of 2006. The strength of Pramipex> was > increased from 0.75mg to 1 mg at the end of December. Subsequently the> > doctor added Mirtaz 7.5 and increased Qutan from 75 mg to 100 mg at the > end> of January. Hallucinations first made their appearance about a year ago > and> the dreams have become even more vivid and real. He had the first, > quite> disturbing, episode of confusion (about whether our house is an > office in> another city) in June. After this there were one or two other > similar> episodes. However now hallucinations, dreams and delusions are an > almost> daily occurrence and the onset has been quite rapid in the last 4-5 > weeks.> The nights are particularly bad, giving him no rest. Today we have > an> appointment with a psychiatrist, at the suggestion of his neurologist, > but I> am concerned that he might just add more medication.> > I would > appreciate advice on this.> Thank you.> Moneesha> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> To > sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask]> > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > _________________________________________________________________ > Post free property ads on Yello Classifieds now! www.yello.in > http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=219 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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