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