Atypical parkinsonism/MSA: Are anger and violence symptoms?

@scottmoon

I’m sorry you received that diagnosis but want to encourage you with my husband’s situation. December 2025 he was given the diagnosis of MSA-Type C, but in May 2026 at UT Southwestern’s MSA Clinic his movement disorder specialist backed off MSA & says it might be Parkinson’s or induced by a previous infection because he has an immune disorder (not autoimmune). It still might be MSA but doctor said time will tell. He is not being treated for PD; levodopa was totally ineffective when he tried it last year. And the doctor said his condition is stable. Neurological diagnoses are hard to pin down because symptoms overlap.

When did your symptoms begin? His started appearing in 2022. How are you doing? My husband is still mobile with a cane & for outside the home he generally uses a rollator. He can walk without a cane but shouldn’t due to the risk of falling.

We’re currently in the process of getting an appointment with Mayo Clinic in Rochester for a second opinion.

I hope you get results when you expect. My husband is having a terrible time with that. He had the same skin biopsy February 11 & still has no results because that same lab says they never received the biopsy; UT says they sent it. So after much aggravation & delay, he finally got another appointment at UT to go through the biopsy again. It has been a terribly disappointing ordeal to get it done again. His appointment is in July, so it’s a long delay. Thus, we’ll continue to seek answers from Mayo.

I wish you the best & prayed for you this morning.

@kaymirkes Thanks for the reply. Waiting is hard. 2 of the 3 places they biopsied showed positive for MSA Type-C. I have every symptom except problems with swallowing. I must have gone through 6 to 7 Neurologists before I found one at UCSF Movement Center that could figure it out. It all started 11-12 years ago when I knew something was wrong. Good luck to you and your husband in getting some help. It takes too much time.

3 months ago i was diagnosed with Atypical Parkinson.My Symptoms come and go.I will have 2 weeks of nothing then 2 weeks of can't hardly do anything and stuttering is real bad when it happens.

@scouter Yes,Yes,yes....continue to work out. Try to find a Rock Steady Boxing program in your area. I have been doing rock steady for about a year now and upon completion of every session I feel like a new person (both mentally and physically). I'm sure with out Rock Steady I would be a vegetable by now. It is the BEST thing that has happened to me, the meds have not helped me nearly as much as the RSB has.