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dear carmen At 09:13 1999/05/19 -0500, you wrote, as translated by the babelfish: > >Dear Janet, before anything else, thanks for your mail, they were read to >my mama to her that she must cyber to sister and was pleasant much to >her, > >I am going to you to write the names as they stand, is important >you know that in addition she is taking the medicine from the neurologist >normally, (sinemet, biperideno, lexotan) la intention of the naturista >doctor is TO DIMINISH the dose of SINEMET when she obtains a greater >stability: > >This is ready of homeopatica medicine that takes: >* Antipileptics (drops) >* Irrig to cer (drops) >* special cerebral Tonico (drops) >* floral Therapy Holly (drops) >* Parkinson 1 (capsulas) >* Capsulas R (capsulas) > >I am going to speak with the doctor to see if we can write something but >formal for the list of i nformación, is important mencionarte that the >behavior is strange because there were days of already with processing >of COMPLETE RIGIDITY, INCAPACITY OF TOTAL MOVEMENT and INCAPACITY TO SPEAK, >reason why has been very contrastante the effect. >My faith in God is to obtain that it improves although is a little, >and that overcomes the deep depression that is what but it has ended her. >I wait for your news and receives many greetings of your cyber nephews >CARMEN and JAVIER. also, carmen, in your first message, you wrote: >My mother has been 15 years with PD, since the diagnosis she took >SINEMET, and now she is extremely bad, she walks just a few minutes >a day and she is always rigid, her mouth seems as it "grow", and >now she can not speak normally at all... >She takes: >SINEMET 2 pills and a half every day, >(in 1/2 pill doses, every three hours), and >LEXOTAN (bromazepan) and >AKINETON (biperideno)... I am very concerned about your mother and all of the medicines she is taking - those prescribed by the neurologist and those prescribed by the homeopathic doctor. I am not familiar with any of the medicina natural that you mention. I am very familiar with Sinemet, and have done some research on Akineton and Lexotan on the web. I am not a doctor. My only claim to knowledge about Parkinson's is my own experience. I have had Parkinson's for 13 or 14 years. My major symptoms before taking any medicines were: slowness of movement [bradykinesia] and rigidity. I did not have the other common symptoms of Parkinson's - tremor, or balance problems. I immediately looked for every book I could find about Parkinson's. I found the wonders of the World Wide Web and all the information that is accessible there. I found the miracle of the Parkinson Information Exchange network [PIEnet] which is how your message came to us. Sadly, there is a lot of ignorance in the general public and in the medical professions about Parkinson's. Because of this, I advise everyone who is affected by Parkinson's, whether they have it themselves, or their loved ones have it, to learn as much as they can about Parkinson's, in order to ensure that they get the best possible medical care. I am concerned about your mother's medicine schedule: how much she takes of each of Sinemet and Akineton and Lexotan? what size is each dose in milligrams? at what time does she takes them through the day? how long she has been taking the current dose amounts? I wonder if she has been taking Akineton and Lexotan for a long time? When is the most recent time that the neurologist changed her medicine prescriptions? If your mother has had Parkinson's for 15 years, it appears to me that she might be UNDER-dosed with Sinemet [contrary to what the homeopathic doctor thinks!] and also might be suffering from some interactions or side-effects from the Akineton or the Lexotan. I, too, have suffered with, and still take medicine for, clinical depression. It is very common with Parkinson's - it may even be related to Parkinson's in the way the brain chemicals are out of balance. Personally, if I were in your shoes, I would want to discuss the Akineton and the Lexotan with the neurologist, because I suspect that they may be causing more problems than they are solving. They are very rarely mentioned among this PIEnet group of 1800 worldwide. I have even searched the archives of our e-mail messages going back to 1993, and found very little mention of them. If you discuss this with your mother's neurologist and his ego gets upset by your interest and concern, I would suggest looking for another neurologist. We all know that brain chemistry is a very serious matter; even a tiny change in a medicine can have very serious effects - we have seen drug interactions cause terrible damage and even death - even under the 'best' of hospital care. I will send some of the information that I found on the web to you and to the PIEnet separately. Please do not feel overwhelmed by the 'medical' or 'scientific' language. It is just one 'word' after another ...! The English language is quite limited sometimes. You signed your message, 'from your nephews', which made me smile for more than one reason. In English, 'sister' means a female relative - a daughter of your parents; and 'brother' means a male relative - a son of your parents; and then 'sibling' means either sister or brother - it is a word which has no gender. Also, in English, 'niece' means a female relative - a daughter of a sibling of your parents [!]. And, 'nephew' means a male relative - a son of a sibling of your parents [!]. However, there is no word which means either a niece or a nephew - so I made one up! - if my sisters and brothers are called 'siblings' I think I should be able to call my nieces and nephews 'niblings'!! So, greetings and !hola! to my cyber-sibling and my cyber-niblings!! your cyber-tia janet ps please, to the PIEnet people, any comments? any recommendations? any translations? ------------------------------------------------------------ janet paterson 52 now 41 dx 37 onset [log in to unmask] 613-256-8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> ------------------------------------------------------------