Dear Doctor,
I am seeking an expert opinion for my 47-year-old mother. She has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and was prescribed Tablet Syndopa. However, we are not seeing any improvement in her symptoms yet.
Her current symptoms are:
Difficulty in walking and a significant balance issue where she tends to fall or lean backwards (retropulsion).
Severe stiffness and a feeling of pressure in her neck area.
Reduced and slowed movement in her hands.
Recent progressive weight loss.
Vision issues and difficulty looking around properly, despite wearing glasses.
Notably, she does NOT have any difficulty in speaking or swallowing food at the moment.
Given her young age (47) and early onset of balance/vision issues, we are very concerned. Could this be a form of Atypical Parkinsonism (like PSP), or does her Syndopa dosage need adjustment? Kindly guide us on the next steps, required diagnostics (like a Brain MRI), and immediate precautions to prevent falls.
Thank you.
1)I have been feeling forehead tightness(pressure like) since 3 yrs.This head tightness become worse on eating - Spicy food, sweet products, Raw onion and its smell, and Banana.I have problem on cold moving air too.
I am unable to study even an hrs on mobile/ laptop as it worse my head tightness.I don't have any throbbing pain but feel only head tightness and unable to lift my eyebrows upwards.
2)Tests are normal- Brain MRI, BP ,Suger, Urine, Blood cbc, thyroid, Ct PNS,Eye test, vitamin d and b12.
3) No any medicines worked till now.
However, recently I am taking - Inderal la 20mg + flunarizine 5mg+ pregabalin 25 mg- ( by searching in CHATGPT). First time feeling relief but not 💯 releif.
4) What problem I have is still unknown??
Very frustrated and tired on visiting multiple neurologist, and Psychiatrist without any success.
5) Please help me if possible my career and lifestyle become completely worthless.
On Thursday he got pain in left eye and severe headache. He detect cataract. And while speaking, suddenly stop or unable to find words. Yesterday he operated cataract. But still while talking he suddenly stop.
Recently got my blood work done and my prolactin was very high at 156 E2 was 15 AmH 20 Free testestorone 2.88 my HsCRP was 13 I have PCOS, Hb1ac was 6, fasting blood sugar was 96 Triglycerides 160 HDL 40 Last week I have been diagnosed with kidney stone which is why I did these tests. Can you pls help ?
I was having shoulder and neck pain in the morning maybe
due to wrong sleeping position and lifting heavy weights the last day. Suddenly I fainted and then started having seizures when my mother started pouring water on my head. Whole thing lasted for 15-20s. I have a history of convulsions but that had stopped years ago when I was little. Can this be a neurological problem? Or just a reflex to gain conscious again.
