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Parkinson’s unresponsive episodes.

Parkinson's Disease | Last Active: Jun 7 6:48am | Replies (76)

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@beloved1

My husband also has very similar episodes of unresponsiveness. It is usually very near his next scheduled dose of carb/levo. I have found that administration of Parcopa, (an orally dissolving form of carb/levo) shortens the episodes miraculously when given with orange juice. His blood pressure during his episodes is low, 80’s/30’s. It also helps to lay him flat, & elevate his feet. He is up and going within 15 minutes, alert, and ready to go. His medications are Carb/levo 25/100 q 3hrs while awake, rotigitine 2mg patch daily, aricept 15 mg in divided doses of 10& 5 given with 10 mg of memantine twice a day in the early AM & after lunch.
We have also found that 20-30 minutes with a personal trainer on an ICare elliptical 2-3 times a week is very beneficial. We recently have added a 30 minute Bowen’s massage therapy twice a week which seem to help with mobility issues. His unresponsive episodes typically increase during episodes of Any physical stress due to constipation or infections ( ie. UTI, nephritis) or emotional stress due to upsetting life events. His diagnosis was LBD with Parkinsonism in 2012. He has no other chronic diseases.

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Hello @beloved1 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thank you for joining the discussion to share what you have learned and what you are doing for your husband for his episodes of unresponsiveness.

Can you share more about the elliptical regimen and how that has been helping him?