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hi joel you wrote: >My mother 81, 10 years on Sinemet, is also experiencing hallucinations >and some delusions. Apparently, she is at the point of Sinemet at the >maximum dosage for movement control--and this point also causes mental >problems to develop. She was also taking Tasmar, which also, apparently, >can contribute to the causation of hallucinations. >The hallucinations are quite involved--hurricanes, visits by dead relatives, >her grandchildren and I, her son, doing bizarre things in her home when, >in fact, we are 600 miles away. She is in hospital recovering from a >stairs fall, and she is deluded about the hospital stealing $2,000 from her >purse. I checked her bank withdrawals, and no such withdrawal has taken >place. >What I am most concerned with, however, is this: her neurologist is >unreachable. I have called and faxed and I cannot connect with him. >He limits his "telephoning" to specific times during the week, and has >not called when promised. >Should I expect less care for her because of her age? No! Absolutely Not! what you should expect is a medico that believes in responding to patient needs grrrr this kind of thing gets my dander up whatever happened to the hippocratic oath? it's time for a new neuro - preferably someone who specializes in parkinson's and most definitely someone who specializes in being human! 10 years is not such a long time [but with an insensitive doctor like this one, it can be a lifetime!] i would not be surprised if she has been chronically overdosed on sinemet watch for my posting shortly on pubmed abstracts about drug-induced psychosis janet janet paterson - 51/10 - almonte/ontario/canada http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/ [log in to unmask]