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Ken, I agree with you about having to sometimes choose which of the symptoms are the most troubling for the individual and the family to deal with at that time. I have MSA and sometimes I have to try to find humor in my symptoms. It is not to be interpreted to mean that I find the symptoms funny. but I use humor is as a coping mechanism. Nancy Reply to message from [log in to unmask] of Mon, 17 Mar > >Please understand that I am not making light of the halucination >problem, it is certainly not something anyone would want, given the >choice. On the other hand, my father has so many other problems, in >addition to the PD, that SOME of the hallucinating, as I said, he didn't >seem to mind. There were episodes where he was upset and violent, which >is not his usual demeanor. I am happy to hear that your mother has been >spared from the symptom. I am trying to make the best of a situation, by >picking out anything that can have two sides, and finding the more >positive side. > > > > > >[OO] LOOKING FOR RADIOS! >Ken Becker >[log in to unmask] > > >On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, WENDY HENRY wrote: > >> Mr. Becker: >> >> You wrote that this probably in not one of the worst symptoms of PD >> (hallucinations), and that you consider your father's hallucinations a nice >> little getaway for him. Well, if that's the case for him, I'm glad for him. >> My mother, however, did not have "nice" hallucinations. She had paranoia, she >> saw witches, and she saw someone out to hurt her, or all the children she "saw" >> all the time. She even got to believe that my dad was a terrorist, and he was >> trying to plant bombs in the personal care home she was in. She saw my dead >> brother and sister, and her parents. This was upsetting, as she had to be told >> over and over that they are gone. She got to the point that she was crying all >> the time. She got scared and weakened, her condition worsened. We finally got >> her hospitalized and they discovered that the mixture of eldepryl and sinemet >> were way too strong for her. She is now much better mentally, and doesn't >> remember any of the horror she experienced. >> >> I'm sure that everyone reacts differently to medications, and their levels of >> hallucinations are different. Don't assume that everyone has an easy time of >> it. >> >> Wendy Henry >> CG for Ruth (77/4+) >> > > --