PARKINSON'S: WHEN ANXIETY BECOMES A CENTRAL SYMPTOM OF THE DISEASE

[Farooqji]

About 31% of persons with Parkinson’s disease have clinically significant anxiety disorders. It is much more than in the general population with a prevalence of 15 to 20%. The most frequent anxiety disorders in Parkinson’s disease are generalized anxiety, social phobia, agoraphobia, and panic disorder

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[LAJ12345]

Hubby is having this problem again, always his most distressing symptom.. Contrary to their findings, increasing levodopa increases his anxiety, as does SSRIs. The only thing that lessens it are benzos ie clonazapam. In the past increasing Hardys DEN reduced it but this time nothing seems to be working. There does seem to be a pattern with anxiety increasing each year around the same time in November which is the beginning of our pollen season in NZ. As a child he was very allergic to grasses and was treated with steroids. He doesn’t get hayfever any more. I am wondering if the sensation he has as anxiety is actually a histamine reaction making him feel fluey and internally itchy and inflamed.

[Turnipbarrow]

my sister has been suffering terribly with anxiety. I believe it’s a symptom of her Parkinson’s. Trying to find out what has worked for others. Psychiatrists don’t seem to get it