On Fri 26 Sep, John and Betty Oxley wrote:
> Is there someone out there who can give me some advice, please.
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> When my husband forgets or chooses not to take his Carbidopa, he becomes
> extremely paranoid and angry with me. He accuses me of saying things or
> doing things that I just haven't said or done. He becomes very mean and
> downright nasty. There is just no way to reason with him or to try to
> explain that I simply haven't done what he thinks I have. Then he finally
> takes his medicine, goes to sleep, and can't understand why I'm upset the
> next day. Is this a part of Parkinson's Disease? I know he must be
> terribly depressed and angry by what is happening to him, but it seems that
> his anger is always directed at me. It's almost as though he blames me for
> what has happened to him. Is this all part of what we have to deal with
> now?/
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Hello Betty, You appear to have made a fairly strong connection between your
husband's medication and his paranoid spells : I would like to see a complete
list of his daiy meds. You mention Carbidopa - I assume that is in the form
of Sinemet ? Does he take any other meds ? I have to say that a reaction of
this kind to Sinemet is unusual. (No doubt I will be besieged by people
telling me I'm wrong!!)
I suffered from drug-induced paranoia some years ago: the guilty party
was a Dopamine agonist called Bromocriptine (or Parlodel) Fortunately I was
made to see that something was wrong , and stopped taking the tablets.
Within a week I was back to normal, and horrified at what I had said and
done. Have you considered recording one of his outbursts, and playing it back
to him when he is feeling better? It worked for me. I'll keep my fingers
crossed for you.
Regards,
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Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>
