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At 12:57 PM 3/27/97 -0500, you wrote: >On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Joel Turtel wrote: > >> My mom just had a "seizure", where she totally blacked out and was >> taken to the hospital. She's had Parkinson's for over 8 years. They took all >> Has anyone in the listserv even experienced, known about, or had >> their neurologist tell them that Parkinson's can cause "seizures" where the >> person totally blacks out. I've seen nothing in the literature on >> Parkinson's about this. I don't know if the neurologist is right. Has anyone >> any experience with this or the drug Dilantin? Thanks for your help. >> Joel Turtel: [log in to unmask] >> >Yes Joel one of our chapter members has 'blackouts' >They are due to very low blood pressure on standing >orthostatic hypotension >They are getting worse---longer and deeper It is very >difficult to brin g him rounnd >I will ask re drugs >never heard of dilantin for this >Anne Rutherford [log in to unmask] > anne this don i take 4 dilantin a day for yrs. also am check at hosp. from to time on it won,t go in other meds now just found out i now have suger di. whenit rains it rains. ha ha I.Y.Q.