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3yrs ago i was dx with parkinsons i went through a bunch of different meds and they worked for awhile then quite working i went to a new doctor today my other does not work there anymore and she says she cant see that it is parkinsons but parkinsonism which looks like pd but is not im confused that i have everything that looks like it but is not. any info would help.and she is putting me on sinemet and zonisamide .

I was told last month that I have viral parkinsonism. I take mirapex. Feel free to email me at kmaggio1@earthlink.net

Parkinsonism is when a medical disorder is not Parkinson's Disease but can cause some or all of the symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. Parkinsonism isn't a medical disorder itself. There are specific disorders such as one of the following that can cause it :

Essential Tremor, Hydrocephalus, Wilson's Disease, Vascular Parkinsonism, Cerebellar thoracic outlet syndrome, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Encephalitis Lethargica, Multiple System Atrophy (which includes Shy-Drager syndrome, Striatonigral degeneration, Olivopontocerebellar atrophy), Progressive supranuclear palsy, Corticobasal degeneration

If a medical practitioner has not specifically diagnosed one of the above instead of Parkinson's Disease then there is doubt that their diagnosis of Parkinsonism is correct. Either it isn't Parkinsonism, or they don't know which form of Parkinsonism it is.