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[Darcy2000]

my Son who is mentally handicapped has been on a variety of anti psychotic medications fro about 25 years. They have served him well and given him a good quality of life Now after 20 years at 46 years old he has developed Parkinsonian symptoms attributed to the accumulation factor of these meds. Over a 3 month period he has a Lost the ability to walk with out assistance which is very upsetting to see. My question would be does anyone feel that tnis could be reversed due to gne fact that it was brought on my medication. aAdjustments in his current meds are planned but this has to be done over a long period.

Thanks

[park_bear]

Which medications?

[Darcy2000 in reply to park_bear]

so many… respiradone lithiun,pregabalin,benzotropine,citalopram.divalproex,,zopiclone

[park_bear in reply to Darcy2000]

Pregabalin and divalproex have both been reported to cause parkinsonism, which did resolve after the medications were withdrawn. References:

journals.lww.com/clinicalne...

turkpsikiyatri.com/Data/Unp...

[handyman_12 in reply to park_bear]

That's interesting. My partner was diagnosed with Parkinson's 3 years ago. Recently she was prescribed gabapentin then pregabalin for sciatic nerve pain. Both seriously increased her Parkinson's symptoms so she stopped the pregabalin and fortunately the effects went away.

[park_bear in reply to handyman_12]

Sciatica is usually due to injured intervertebral discs. It turns out that fish oil helps these discs to self repair. Salmon is the best source of fish oil. I recovered from sciatica by adopting a high salmon diet. See my writing here:

tinyurl.com/27b3ahw7

[LAJ12345]

what’s his diet like? Perhaps micronutrients could help him. Zopiclone had a bad effect on my husband. What kind of lithium did he take? Does he take all of them still?

[gaga1958]

this is something I worry about also. My son has Down syndrome and is on Latuda. Parkinsons is one of the listed side effects.

Has your son seen a movement disorder dr yet? What is his thoughts on it and what does his psychiatrist say?