Psychosis and Parkinson's: Season 2, Episode 2

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Join our panelists Bas Bloem, Allison Willis, and Carol Vizzini for a conversation about psychosis, a severe potential symptoms of Parkinson's, and watch Bob Sanders tell his story.
Season 2 of ParkinsonTV is focusing on mental health, with episodes on depression and anxiety, psychosis, impulse control disorders, and apathy.
Tune in every Wednesday at 7/6c to catch a new episode!
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18 сен 2024

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@spoly8139 10 месяцев назад

My late husband was diagnosed with PD in 1997 and passed away in 2003 at the age of 70. He had slowed down and his balance was a bit off in the early stages but mentally he was still sharp and enjoyed life. However, in my experience, the medication he was taking (Madopar/Sinemet) created a nightmare of mental changes. He became paranoid, delusional and started having hallucinations. Life became unbearable not only for him but for me and my son. What the medical team failed to tell us was his physical problems would be somewhat improved but his mental condition would decline. It was a nightmare for all of us and he no longer enjoyed his life. Death was a blessing.

@TheLizetterivera 4 года назад

I am my mother's caregiver, she is stage 5 and completely dependent, she started having psychosis, and as it increased, we considered medication. How do I react or what do I say to her when she is having these episodes?? They are very real to her and their is no convincing her otherwise.

@suefaina 6 лет назад

My father was diagnosed with PD in December of 1999, after a recent hospitalization and now a three week stay in a SNF, he started having hallucinations about a week ago. They aren't scary to him. But he absolutely believes they are real and even told me he can tell I don't believe him. In early June, his neurologist gave him a cognitive test because I mentioned that I had been noticing a lot of confusion and off behaviors. So are his hallucinations/delusions different than those mentioned in the video in that his aren't bothersome or scary to him? Or are hallucinations and delusions are categorized the same?

@ParkinsonDiseaseCareNewYork 6 лет назад

Great question, Sue! As Bas mentioned in the video, one of the principal criteria for differentiating between "simple" hallucinations and something more advanced like psychosis is that perception of reality. So it sounds like your father would more likely be experiencing psychosis than just hallucinations, since you said he believes they are real, even though they aren't bothersome or scary to him. But psychosis can be a complicated condition both to diagnose and to treat, so I'd recommend consulting with your neurologist to (1) see if there is an underlying medical cause (i.e. bladder infection) besides the PD that might be causing it, (2) review all the medications your dad is on to see if there are other culprit medications that may be causing it, and then (3) if it doesn't have any explanation other than PD, explore different medication adjustments that may help. Best of luck and best wishes for your dad!

@suefaina 6 лет назад

Parkinson Disease Care New York Thank you! Yes she and i had a long conversation on the phone yesterday. At the SNF, they’ve done regular bloodwork and urine tests. Everything is fine. Thankfully i had noticed some odd behaviors starting three weeks ago when he was being transferred to the SNF and mentioned a pain med they had put him on. Finally after three days since it wasn’t working anyway, they stopped giving him Tramadol. His doctor couldn’t believe they’d give that to someone on Donopezil. So a lot of errors including not giving him his carbodopa levodopa on time or wrong dosages happened a lot at the hospital. It started the way at the SNF until i told them the importance of them being correct. Whether these things all contributed to where we are now, or they were only a matter of time, i don’t know. But for now, she has recommended exactly what was talked about in your video. She’s cutting back the amount of carbodopa levodopa to see if that will help the psychosis although it may affect the Parkinsons body symptoms. Unfortunately, she has no say over his care while at the SNF. But they are discharging him Friday back to his assisted living facility and we will have to hire in the extra care he needs. This is such a horrible disease. I hope as Bas said, looking to the future we may see a cure! My dad would want that for others!

@kathrynneukom8154 5 лет назад

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@cheralineburton1199 Год назад

Vitamin 12 deficiency, my husband has to have treatment of injections. He had a special blood tests requested by his Neurologist. He will have ten injections in the next two weeks. He his weak at present .He wiil be monitored in future to check his levels to make sure they are stable.

@JZINGER1 6 лет назад

ive had P.D. since 2000, i'm 54 now---had DBS surgery 2 years ago---I'm on Amantadine, Ropinirole, previously Mirapex---as well as others, curious of anyone else's thoughts on these meds---my thoughts "they should be banned!!1