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Lewy Body Dementia with Parkinson
Parkinson's Disease | Last Active: Mar 18, 2022 | Replies (48)Comment receiving replies
My husband with Parkinson's also has anxiety associated with off periods and dystonia. He is on sertraline and trazadone also. But when he has a full-fledged panic attack, if an extra dose of Sinemet doesn't work and I can't talk him through it, the only thing we've found that works is Ativan. It's not a drug to be given lightly, but it does work for him on an emergency basis. But it's not a good solution for day to day anxiety.
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My husband found that if he took a quick cold shower it shocked him out of the panic attack. He learned to do that from another Parkinson's patient in our support group.
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I'm intrigued by your comment about "if I can't talk him through it". Is this sort of a coaching approach? What I do is have my wife lie on the floor with a heating pad on her abdomen and after and hour or so, the anxiety abates and she's able to resume some normalcy.
Phil