Guest guest Posted February 24, 2001 Report Share Posted February 24, 2001 i always attribvute w eakness to l ow bp; ssoon af ter taking sinemete or agonist. n.s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2001 Report Share Posted February 24, 2001 Greetings Itzak! > My father (44 , diagnosed with MSA) suffer somtimes from > sudden weakness, hard to get up , and alitte dizzy ... What > else can cause this ... sudden weakness thing ? Itzak, I was wondering that myself. I seem to have the cerebellar form of this. I also get the sudden weakness. I will also be interested in the responses from others. It's an odd feeling. Not that my muscles are weak. It seems more as if the signals are not getting through. I have to think harder about controlling my arms and legs. By the way, for me, this seems to come when I get overwhelmed with visual or oral sensation. It usually accompanies increased termors and muscle cramping. Wonder if it's another sign of an overloaded system. Wish I had some answers. But thanks for asking the question. Asking is good. By the way, I am also 44 with two children in their teens. So I understand your father's side of this. Regards, =jbf= B. Fisher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2001 Report Share Posted February 24, 2001 Greetings Itzak! > My father (44 , diagnosed with MSA) suffer somtimes from > sudden weakness, hard to get up , and alitte dizzy ... What > else can cause this ... sudden weakness thing ? Itzak, I was wondering that myself. I seem to have the cerebellar form of this. I also get the sudden weakness. I will also be interested in the responses from others. It's an odd feeling. Not that my muscles are weak. It seems more as if the signals are not getting through. I have to think harder about controlling my arms and legs. By the way, for me, this seems to come when I get overwhelmed with visual or oral sensation. It usually accompanies increased termors and muscle cramping. Wonder if it's another sign of an overloaded system. Wish I had some answers. But thanks for asking the question. Asking is good. By the way, I am also 44 with two children in their teens. So I understand your father's side of this. Regards, =jbf= B. Fisher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2001 Report Share Posted February 24, 2001 and Itzik, Just before she quit driving, Charlotte got the feeling that the road was closing in on her. She could not stand to be near a Jersey Wall or even the barrels (even as a passenger). She also seems to have the OPCA form of MSA. As you say, it may be some form od overload of things to sort out all at once. Later, her balance went completely. She no longer seems to have that extreme fear of the road closing in, but she can not walk either. When she is tired (later in the day), she does get uncontrolled shaking an wobblely if she stands even for a minute while we adjust the brief. Remember that you must concentrate on one task at a time, can't chew gum and stand up at the same time. All the things that you did without thinking are now major tasks and must have full concentration. You also have the problem of the knees starting to fold; the foot drop and the bending forward at the waist. All of them make standing harder. I can not stand if I try to go from a sitting position to a standing position with my toes pointed down. ) I never was a ballet dancer ) Keep exercising to keep that movement. Take care, Bill and Charlotte Fisher wrote: > Greetings Itzak! > > > My father (44 , diagnosed with MSA) suffer somtimes from > > sudden weakness, hard to get up , and alitte dizzy ... What > > else can cause this ... sudden weakness thing ? > > Itzak, I was wondering that myself. I seem to have the cerebellar form of > this. I also get the sudden weakness. I will also be interested in the > responses from others. It's an odd feeling. Not that my muscles are weak. > It seems more as if the signals are not getting through. I have to think > harder about controlling my arms and legs. > > By the way, for me, this seems to come when I get overwhelmed with visual or > oral sensation. It usually accompanies increased termors and muscle > cramping. Wonder if it's another sign of an overloaded system. > > Wish I had some answers. But thanks for asking the question. Asking is > good. > > By the way, I am also 44 with two children in their teens. So I understand > your father's side of this. > > Regards, > =jbf= > > B. Fisher > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2001 Report Share Posted February 24, 2001 This happened to me last year in December I actually started just suddenly falling down. For me that was the being of Parkinsonism, I progressively got worse then they started me on Mirapex in March and I finally got back up and moving by the end of March and released to drive again, later we had to add a little Sinemet and Amatadine but all is well! I can type again, write again, walk again, my balance returned and I am a happy camper now! Celeste (MSA with Parkinsonism & OI) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2001 Report Share Posted February 25, 2001 Are all those drugs for low B/P? Thanks, Jeanie >From: coneill10@... >Reply-To: shydrager >To: shydrager >Subject: Re: B/P ??? >Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 05:40:25 -0000 > >This happened to me last year in December I actually started just >suddenly falling down. For me that was the being of Parkinsonism, >I progressively got worse then they started me on Mirapex in March >and I finally got back up and moving by the end of March and >released to drive again, later we had to add a little Sinemet and >Amatadine but all is well! I can type again, write again, walk >again, my balance returned and I am a happy camper now! > >Celeste (MSA with Parkinsonism & OI) > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2001 Report Share Posted February 25, 2001 Are all those drugs for low B/P? Thanks, Jeanie >From: coneill10@... >Reply-To: shydrager >To: shydrager >Subject: Re: B/P ??? >Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 05:40:25 -0000 > >This happened to me last year in December I actually started just >suddenly falling down. For me that was the being of Parkinsonism, >I progressively got worse then they started me on Mirapex in March >and I finally got back up and moving by the end of March and >released to drive again, later we had to add a little Sinemet and >Amatadine but all is well! I can type again, write again, walk >again, my balance returned and I am a happy camper now! > >Celeste (MSA with Parkinsonism & OI) > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2001 Report Share Posted February 25, 2001 Are all those drugs for low B/P? Thanks, Jeanie >From: coneill10@... >Reply-To: shydrager >To: shydrager >Subject: Re: B/P ??? >Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 05:40:25 -0000 > >This happened to me last year in December I actually started just >suddenly falling down. For me that was the being of Parkinsonism, >I progressively got worse then they started me on Mirapex in March >and I finally got back up and moving by the end of March and >released to drive again, later we had to add a little Sinemet and >Amatadine but all is well! I can type again, write again, walk >again, my balance returned and I am a happy camper now! > >Celeste (MSA with Parkinsonism & OI) > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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