Re: Runny Nose question

[Guest guest]

My husband was diagnosed with PD and now has the LDB label, but his nose has

been running on and off for 15 yrs. and it is a symptom of PD from what I've

read. It is worse sometimes. Arlene

[Guest guest]

, my husband is on Aricept, and was on Risperdal for a while. In two

weeks of Risperdal he developed chest pains. It concerned me greatly,

becasue he has a terrible history of heart problems. He has also had a very

runny

nose, and for a while he was drooling badly, too. He has been off Risperdal

for a while now, but still uses boxes and boxes of tissue for his runny nose.

He has choaked on his drooling a couple of times that I know of since being

off Risperdal.

He doesn't seem to talk as much about his symptoms as he did for awhile.

That part bothers me. He usually says he only had one visitor in his room, etc.

I don't know if this has helped or not

Imogene

In a message dated 4/28/2006 7:48:33 AM Central Daylight Time,

octoryrose@... writes:

It's been discussed here before that it's thought of as a symptom for

LBD. But do you think it could be more of a side effect to meds that

our LOs are on? I'm posing the question for another yahoo group I'm

apart of " DementiaRescue " (my goal there is if I read about anyone

who has similar LBD symptoms, that I give them info about LBD, b/c

since my mother was misdiagnosed time & time again I'm sure many out

there have been too - and if I can help one person NOT fall victim to

rapid decline like my mother b/c she was misdiagnosed - great)

Anyhoo - there are several on the other board whose LOs are

experiencing the runny nose thing, the common thread is that they are

also on Risperdal. And " runny nose " is listed as one of the side

effects. So... of those LOs here who are experiencing the runny nose

are they also on Risperdal (or other antipsychotic)? In my mother's

case, she had the runny nose problem big time when she was on the

meds, now that she's off Risperdal and Seroquil her need to blow her

nose is closer to a more normal need vs. constant need. (Just wanting

to know if it is a side effect of meds or symptom of the disease...)

; loving daughter of Maureen of Boston, MA; finally diagnosed

with LBD on 2/06 after also being diagnosed with everything from AD

to Vascular Dementia caused by mini strokes to Binswengers...; was

victim to rapid decline from Risperidone (or combination of

Risperidone with other drugs OR possibly received another " bad drug "

when she was observed/tested in a hospital in 10/05); in a NH since

11/05. Update: on antidepressant Celexa, 20mg (still teary, but not

as weepy) and as of 4/21 on Exelon.

Welcome to LBDcaregivers.