Dear Sandra,
Call the doctor that prescribed the medications for your mother right away. Older people sometimes react to medications by going out of their heads or hallucinating. Your doctor may prescribe something else for your mom or have her go to the hospital for evaluation. My husband had the same symptoms you describe and it took awhile for the the drs. to find out which medicines were best for him. He also had a urinary tract infection which had to be fixed. That is possible as well. Urinary tract infections can cause hallucinations. My husband's are now under control. I'm sure others on this group will be writing to you, but call your mother's doctor and get some fast advice.
We care about you and your mother.
Elaine, care partner of Dick who has had Parkinson's Disease foreleven years.
--- On Sun, 7/27/08, Sandra Edwards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Sandra Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Sunday, July 27, 2008, 9:22 PM
My Mom, 70 years old was diogn. with parkinson about 4 years ago. She has never
taken even a simple tylenol before. She hates the thought of taking medicine.
Finally, on last Friday she gave in and accepted the fact that life as she has
always known, had changed and she needed help. She can no longer walk, brush
her hair, get dressed, or even write her name. I took her to a Grat doctor who
started her on Miropex, .125 3 times a day, and sent her to her own family
doctor for heart & lung check ups as she was faving shortness of breath. I
really think she got overwhelmed and had a very bad anziety attack, but she
wound up in the hospital Friday afternoon. Today, Sunday, she is totally
confused and talking out of her head. The only meds she is getting is the
miropex & ativan for her being so nervious. Is this normal? Is her body
just getting use to the med's and will it get better?
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