Thread: Hallucinations, Parkinson's Dementia, and Razadyne

Just wanted to give you my experience with my Dad. He was diagnosed with PD in 1998. Was on sinemet and amantadine from the beginning. He was still living with my mother who had Alzheimers in 2003 when he started having hallucinations. Always horrific ones like me and my brothers were sawing him in half. I changed neurologists to get a 2nd opinion since the first one said there was nothing we could do about them. The 2nd neurologist at...

I read all of these replies here and now i am even more confused about parkinsons desease...       My husband is 88 and have a parkinsons desease....He is not on any medications Because he is retired MD...and we both agree that medications makes patient drowsy and their ability to walk is lesser then if patient dont use anything...so he doesnt use medications but he started to hallucinate such as where is...

Hallucinations might happen with or without medications especially to the old people in their 80"s. They are retied and their brain is already inactve. Usually dementia strikes in this age because of the inactivity of the brain. That's why the progression of the disease is fast in this age because most of them are retired, they don't have to struggel for life and their motivation to fight the disease is low. Unlike the...

I posted this on the AD forum, and someone suggested I should post this over here also. My wife was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1995 . . takes Mirapex, Sinemet, and Amantadine for PD. Recently has had heavy bouts of hallucination. Her doctor has reduced and attempted to balance her meds over the 24 hour day to see if the Parkinson's meds might be causing the hallucinations. So far this hasn't helped. He gave us a...

Anyone here have any experience with Razadyne?I would also post on the alzheimer's forum.Hope you get some replies.Ed

I have had no experience with Razadyne, however my husb. had terrible episodes with hallucinations taking Selegeline, and Amandatine.  When he was weaned off these, he improved, however I wonder how much the Sinemet currently contributes, because he still has some skin issues with "things growing on his skin which he has to pick out."  But the situation is not nearly as bad as before....

There is an article in the Michigan Parkinson's Foundation Messenger by Peter LeWitt, MD, Professor of Neurology, Wayne State University and he explains the hallucinations very well as medication induced side effects often produce by stimulation of a particular brain region (the left angular gyrus). This brain stimulation is not uncommon with PD medications. He explains that certain drugs like clozapine and quietapine are of benefit for...