Originally Posted by Betsy859

Hi Damon,
I read Grain Brain and went on the diet because it was supposed to be neuroprotective and decrease inflammation. Weight loss was a nice bonus. Dr. Perlmutter suggests a daily limit for carbs and says "good" fats are good for the brain and sugar is bad. This diet is supposed to be long term and healthy. I'm not sure what the Adkins diet recommends but I eat fruit just not a lot but lots of vegetables roasted in olive oil. If I hadn't been sick I'm not sure I would have been motivated to give up all my favorite foods but now this is how I plan to continue eating. Diet recommdations are backed up by studies in the book. It's an interesting book written nicely. I got it off Amazon.

I'm really glad you are doing well with the DBS had no idea weight gain could be an issue. When I was first diagnosed with ET I went to see Dr Perlmutter in Naples. He's the one who told me I had PD and ordered a DaT scan and put me on glutathione. I think he may be the only MD prescribing it for PD IV push. It's a compound medication made in his pharmacy (at least I think
he has some ownership). Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant that gets depleted in PD. It's controversial and your mainstream doctors will not recommend you take it. It's prescribed twice a week but I can only manage once a week. It seems to have a calming effect on my tremors and gives me energy. I get better results if the IV infusion is around the time I get acupuncture. It's sold in many forms in health food stores and online.
The meds I'm taking are barely keeping my tremors under control. I don't want to increase the Miraplex because of the side effects in particular fluid retention. I have to manage this very aggressively by wearing lite compression stockings every day. Exercise has done the most for me and meds have helped the tremors. BTW the azilecte is very expensive I buy online from a Canadian pharmacy,the miraplex comes from another pharmacy and costs less at a $1.00/pill.
Take care.
Betsy