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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 14:48:08 -0500 (EST) From: Janet Dillender <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: PD and Hallucinations Barbara, I've been lurking for the past month or two and now want to ask some questions of great concern to me. My mother-in-law has PD and it seems to be progressing rapidly now. The hard part is that we live in different states, so we get info somewhat "second hand." My question is in regard to hallucinations. The last few times we have talked with the family, we are told that Mom is hallucinating. She sees people that aren't there, inparticular a little girl. She gets upset with people who "leave the little girl out in the car," and my daughter was talking by phone to my sister-in-law, when my MIL started screaming. When her aunt came back to the phone, she said that her mother "saw acid running off a chair and it was going to get the little girl." My SIL went through the motions of wiping off the chair and told her the little girl would be fine, and it satisfied her. Is this common with PD? Is it a medication problem? Right now, I don't know what she is taking. My husband is going there this week-end for a family event and is going to find out names and amounts of meds that she is taking. My MIL is in her mid 60's--not at all old!!! Any advice? You can edit this and send it out to other participants, but I didn't know if this would be upsetting to some, and didn't want to take the risk. Jan (on east coast)