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Amanda may I ask why your mother took tranquilizers? I think one thing that makes a cure so difficult for PD is that we are all so different and not enough is really known. even though great strides have been made. for example, when I was being treated for ovarian cancer chemo gave me seizures and giant hematomas and the seizures gave me agoraphobic panic attacks. when I attempted to get counseling at UCLA I was refused because I "had a reason for the attacks"; other group members did not!! They later changed their criteria, but I never followed up on it. Even though this was over 30 years ago and treatment for ovarian CA has no doubt changed, women still die of it. Don't know why I'm almost 80 nor do doctors. I said I would never have DBS and had it twice. But you've gotta do what you think best for yourself, but please give chewing the furniture some more thought. Hugs, Ray -----Original Message----- From: A Phillips Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 11:24 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Anti-anxiety meds and PARKINSON'S DISEASE It was especially upsetting for my mother as her intelligence was unaffected - she just couldn't retrieve new memories (anything over about 10 years old was fine and she could describe a 50-year-old outing in tedious detail) - this made people think she was senile. I'm never going to take tranquilizers. Will just chew the furniture.... > Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 10:53:00 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Anti-anxiety meds and PARKINSON'S DISEASE > To: [log in to unmask] > > Amanda, How dreadful that your mother had such a terrible ordeal. > > I feel fortunate that my experience with lorazepam has been positive. I > take 1 mg at bedtime several times a week. With the help of that little > white pill, I fall asleep easily and sleep through the night. > > As usual with PD, one size does not fit all. > > Kathleen > > > > > On 25 September 2015 at 14:17, A Phillips <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > I wouldn't touch any of the "azapam " drugs with a ten-foot pole. My > > mother got addicted to them & took the for > > thirty years. I believe they're what turned her brain to mush in her > > last > > few years > > Amanda > > > > > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:29:28 -0400 > > > From: [log in to unmask] > > > Subject: Anti-anxiety meds and PARKINSON'S DISEASE > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > Could any of you tell me what meds you take for anxiety? My > > > Parkinson's > > Dr. feels that clonazepam is not "sustainable." For that matter I think > > that Sinimet is not "sustainable. > > > Robin Ruth > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > On Sep 21, 2015, at 12:20 PM, A Phillips > > > > <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > re the Rotigotine use - I use that; it doesn't do much and am > > > > thinking > > of abandoning it. > > > > > > > >> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 15:04:14 +0200 > > > >> From: [log in to unmask] > > > >> Subject: LONG TERM EFFECTS OF DBS ON PARKINSON'S DISEASE > > > >> To: [log in to unmask] > > > >> > > > >> I guess Ray can confirm this... > > > >> > > > >> http://www.viartis.net/parkinsons.disease/news.htm > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Nic 63/21 > > > >> > > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> 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 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn