Hello doctor, This is about my mother she is 50 in age and had been diagnosed with thyroid around two years back after that she started taking medicine Thyroxine Sodium tablet 50mg, and after few months it was in control but that a year again while she was still on thyroid medicine she had started having tremors in her right hand. After some search we found that it could be Parkinson, and we had gone to different doctors from renowned neurologist but they have prescribed the same medicine Syndopa (Levodopa) and other tablets related to Parkison, and for last few months she is under shoulder and neck pain 24 hours, and as the pain is unbearable she is forced to take pain killers. I searched and found that tremors could be a side effect of the thyroid, but not sure. I am worried that my mother's problems have not been appropriately diagnosed. Please reply.
Hello. Well, among thyroid problem, it is the hyperthyroidism that causes tremors, but your mother has hypothyroidism. It could still be due to thyroid medications if the dose is very high. Even in that case, the tremors would be on both sides and not restricted to one side. So the chance that she has Parkinson's disease is high rather than due to thyroid problems. I need to know what was the response to syndopa with respect to her tremors.