I had this experience about 5 years ago. I was taking a psych med along with compozine for my nausea that went along with my migraines. All of a sudden, I couldn't walk. I couldn't coordinate my feet to even walk from my bedroom to the bathroom without the help of my husband. Then I couldn't coordinate my hands in to feed myself. I couldn't get food from my plate to my mouth.

I went to the urgent care & luckily one of the people there recognized that one of the meds I was on could cause that reaction. I immediately went off that, but was still taking the compozine. Several more weeks went by & the sypmtoms weren't getting any better, so I went to the neurologist I had gone to several years earlier. I thought because it wasn't going away that it might actually be Parkinson's even though no one in my family had had anything like that.

Well, several more weeks went by & he realized that the compozine might be continuing the symptoms. I went off the compozine & it took about another month for the symptoms to go away. That was the most horrible medical experience I ever had. My husband had to walk me into the bathroom & back to my bed. He was working far away from home at the time, so I went to the bathroom right before he left for work & couldn't go again until he got home, 10 + hours later. I couldn't shower myself or wash my hair. I wanted to go outside of the house, but walking was impossible.

It is important to get off the meds that are causing the problem.....but being under a Dr's care during the symptoms are important too. They need to be recognized as side effects of what ever is the cause & documented.

I wish your friend good luck.....he is not alone.....there are others of us who have gone through the same experience.
Debbie