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Angela wrote: > My father has hand tremors, has been severely depressed for the past year > (has had depression for at least past 5 years) and is taking medication > for the depression and to help him to sleep. Also, I had used my father > as a subject to practice doing an oral motor exam, (tests strength, etc. > of the oral musculature) and he has weakness in his tongue and can't keep > intraoral pressure in. I might be totally wrong but was wondering what > are the symptoms everyone had that made you realize that you needed to > see a neurologist. I have mentioned my feelings to my father but he > states it's nervousness. Can anyone help? Some psychotropic drugs cause Parkinson's like symptoms. Your father needs a neurological exam to determine whether he has PD. It would be interesting to see what would happen to his symptoms if he discontinued the anti-depressant. -------- Mary Ann %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% "May I ever serve thee, Ne'er grieve Thy loving heart." (A Swedish Folksong) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%