>Hi. I'm a new subscriber. I live in the Detroit area. My father was
>dxed with PD about ten years ago. He lives in Arkansas. I'm subscribing
>to try to get myself a little more educated on what's happening to him.
>He has gone downhill measurably in the past eighteen months. Now, the
>doctors are saying he is suffering from "sundown dementia" which involves
>him acting irrationally at night time (especially when he should be
>sleeping). Is this a result of the medication he's on or is it just
>another stage of the disease?
>
>Also, I read somewhere that there is a theory that PD may be associated
>in some patients with a personality characteristic of not being able to
>express emotions. That fits my Dad perfectly, but is there any truth to
>this? Don't guess it matters a great deal at this point, but I'm just
>curious.
>
>Guess right now what I need most is just some contact with members of
>other families that are going through the same thing. Thanks for reading
>this and for caring.
>
>Mark Frost
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>
>Mark
A very important thing you must make curtan is that your dad is
seeing a doctor
that specialty is movement disorders . Your dads symptoms May also be caused
if he is on the incorrect
medications .
Jerry
