tremors and anti-depressants

[Guest guest]

hi, sherri and amy--

 

i am new to the group (joined sun), and my messages to the list don't seem to

be coming through (a function of the moderator's being on vacation?), so i am

sending this to you privately as well as to the list.

 

since i just joined, i don't know whether your MIL is on anti-depressants --

and since i'm a newbie to aromatherapy, i can't suggest any eo's-- but what

made me reply was amy's observation:

 

<There is a link between depression and Parkinson's disease.>

 

 

well...one of the links between depression and parkinsonian symptoms is

*anti-depressants*.

 

i am speaking from experience, the personal experience of my mother. last yr

my mom was sent to a neurologist for parkinsonian symptoms. he gave her an

anti-parkinsons drug which would take away the symptoms. while she was on it,

my father and i researched parkinson's over the internet and saw that some

antipsychotics/antidepressants have an anticholinergic effect and can cause

parkinsonian symptoms. my mother was on one of these drugs, specifically

trazadone.

 

the neurologist's drug didn't get rid of the symptoms. when my mother went

for a follow-up, doc told her that, if the drug didn't work, then she didn't

have parkinson's...and to come back when she got a diagnosis!

 

my father and i pulled my mother off the trazadone. parkinsonian symptoms

went away.

 

if you are interested in psychiatric medicines (either going on or coming

off), i highly recommend dr peter breggin's _your drug may be your problem_.

(for info on the book and other works by the author, see

http://www.breggin.com. i have no affiliation, etc.)

 

i hope that your MIL finds some relief--

 

allene robinson

winston-salem nc

[Guest guest]

Yes, there are psychotropic drugs that can cause Parkinsonian symptoms, like

tremors and shuffling gait. Trazadone is one of them.

 

What I meant when I said there is a link between depression and Parkinson's

disease is that persons with Parkinson's disease often do become depressed.

Developing Parkinson's-like symptoms from pharmaceutical drugs is another

issue, but certainly a relevant one. I'm glad you pointed it out.

 

best wishes,

Amy

 

>

> since i just joined, i don't know whether your MIL is on

anti-depressants --

> and since i'm a newbie to aromatherapy, i can't suggest any eo's-- but

what

> made me reply was amy's observation:

>

> <There is a link between depression and Parkinson's disease.>

>

>

> well...one of the links between depression and parkinsonian symptoms is

> *anti-depressants*.

>

> i am speaking from experience, the personal experience of my mother. last

yr

> my mom was sent to a neurologist for parkinsonian symptoms. he gave her an

> anti-parkinsons drug which would take away the symptoms. while she was on

it,

> my father and i researched parkinson's over the internet and saw that some

> antipsychotics/antidepressants have an anticholinergic effect and can

cause

> parkinsonian symptoms. my mother was on one of these drugs, specifically

> trazadone.

>

> the neurologist's drug didn't get rid of the symptoms. when my mother went

> for a follow-up, doc told her that, if the drug didn't work, then she

didn't

> have parkinson's...and to come back when she got a diagnosis!

>

> my father and i pulled my mother off the trazadone. parkinsonian symptoms

> went away.

>

> if you are interested in psychiatric medicines (either going on or coming

> off), i highly recommend dr peter breggin's _your drug may be your

problem_.

> (for info on the book and other works by the author, see

>