balance problem
 

Does Sinemet help with balance? Does any PD med help with balance? I'm afraid I might fall. Thanks.

Mac, I think some people find amantadine to be helpful with balance.

Physical therapy helps, too.

Amantadine does the trick for me - it is amazingly helpful. It takes only 100 mg per day (in the morning) for me to have almost normal balance, I can even turn and swivel. Without it I am very tippy and off balance.
It does make my ankles purple.......... small price to pay for getting my balance restored.

but what about sinemet?
 

..what pd symptoms that sinemt help with???? pd has many symptoms? I am really confused about this "gold" drug ! feedback greatly appreciated

PD is a strange disease as you probably know, it affects everyone differently. The drugs that are available affect people differently also. One person may have great success with a drug while someone else has no benefit at all.

Generally speaking sinemet helps with tremor, rigidity and stiffness. Over time the effectiveness diminishes and increased dosage is required which cause a whole new set of symptoms.

Do you have a regular neurologist or a MDS (movement disorder specialist). If you don't have a MDS I suggest finding one.

Hope this helps, good luck.

thank you dbiker2
 

I am now 65 and was diagnosed 2 years ago and since then the neurologists have wanted to start me on sinemet but I am not convinced because I am able to coup without fallowing a hard regime of exercise and supplements.
My problem with sinemet is that it may not be useful to relieve my main symptoms (gait and tremor) while I am able to coupe with tension through exercise.
That is the reason I needed feedback on what symptoms are usually helped by sinemet

I should add.....
 

I should add that almost everyone pretty much responds to sinemet.