Guest guest Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 My mother, 86, has " the forward and the side lean " - she also has Parkinson's and LBD. She isn't taking antipsychotics. She is right-handed. I am 60, have mild Essential Tremor, am not taking antipsychoctics but have taken antidepressants/antianxiety meds for a long time. I have a definitely lean (when seated) to the right. I am left-handed. There seem to be so many neurological disorders that include leaning as a symptom. Sometimes I wonder if it isn't simply the 'weight of the world' expressed symbolically. Cesca > > > > > Some of my thoughts on the " Lewy Lean " > > > > > > First I want to say that many with Lewy show > > > Parkinsonism - here's > > > the definition of the Parkinsonism Gait: > > > > > > " Parkinson's Gait – a common walk of somebody with > > > Parkinson's > > > disease. It includes shuffling, head down, shoulders > > > drooped, lack of > > > arm swing, and leaning backwards or forwards > > > unnaturally. Initiating > > > walking is difficult and freezing mid-stride is > > > common. " > > > > > > But with Lewy Body - it's often that the lean is > > > side to side. Why? > > > > > > First I wonder -- is it drug-induced. (I'd have to > > > confidently say > > > with my mom, she leaned forward when she was well > > > enough to walk > > > (shuffle) but the extreme leaning over to the side > > > (w/in her > > > wheelchair) was due to the anti-psychotics. She > > > didn't have the lean > > > when the anti-psychotics were removed.) > > > > > > So I found this: > > > > > > Pisa syndrome: A condition in which there is > > > sustained involuntary > > > flexion of the body and head to one side and slight > > > rotation of the > > > trunk so the person appears to lean like the Leaning > > > Tower of Pisa. > > > > > > The Pisa syndrome is an adverse effect (a > > > side-effect) of some > > > medications. It occurs sometimes following the > > > long-term use of > > > narcoleptics (drugs used to treat schizophrenia) or > > > cholinesterase > > > inhibitors (a class of drugs used to treat Alzheimer > > > disease). > > > > > > (In mom's case, I believe it was the > > > anti-psychotics. She didn't have > > > the Lewy Lean when she was given Exelon > > > (cholinesterase inhibitor). > > > > > > Here's another article: > > > > > http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/161/2/373 > > > > > > So it bears to question -- does our LO's Lewy Lean a > > > symptom of LBD > > > or a side effect of medications? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > _______________ > > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. > Try it now. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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