Originally Posted by stevem53

The only symptoms he has are tremors in his right hand?..Is there anything suspicious other than other than his tremor?..How is his gait?

Depression will make pd sypmtoms 10 fold worse..I went through 2 years of depression before I finally went on depression and anti-anxiety drugs..Those drugs gave me a good chunk of my life back

I wish I could give you some insight about your Dad's tremor, but I have had pd for about 9 or 10 years, and Ive never had tremors..I know people who have had tremors, and they have had to go through alot of trial and error with meds..DBS seems to be the best course of treatment for tremors, because the patient goes into surgery off all pd meds, and when they find the right spot to place the leads, the tremor/s stops

I highly recommend the Cleveland Clinic..They spend alot of time with their patients, and they are very thorough and acccommodating..I have alot of confidence that they would find out if your Dad has pd or not