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On Sat, 11 Oct 1997 07:08:37 -0400 Bent Willow <[log in to unmask]> writes: >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) >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > Mary Ann: My dad has had this tremor, decreased oral motor strength and depression before he was put on this medication. Has been on medicationf or past 3 months. Does this make a difference? Angela