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In Remembrance
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,772
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In Remembrance
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,772
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By coincidence I ran up against Mr. Wheat again today when I had an early lunch and could not resist the restaurant's fried chicken. I barely made it home.
Because I have been doing well with the perindopril and have been successfully avoiding gluten as well, the contrast was startling. Within an hour I was unable to walk and was non-responsive to meds. It has been six hours and I am only now getting back to normal.
A couple of hypotheses- Maybe the BBB was, indeed, temporarily breached as the result of an inflammatory response. Or perhaps there was enough rise in my blood pressure to create a similar effect. Or, most likely, a combination of both.
In any case, there were both physical and cognitive effects.
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Born in 1953, 1st symptoms and misdiagnosed as essential tremor in 1992. Dx with PD in 2000.
Currently (2011) taking 200/50 Sinemet CR 8 times a day + 10/100 Sinemet 3 times a day. Functional 90% of waking day but fragile. Failure at exercise but still trying. Constantly experimenting. Beta blocker and ACE inhibitor at present. Currently (01/2013) taking ldopa/carbadopa 200/50 CR six times a day + 10/100 form 3 times daily. Functional 90% of day. Update 04/2013: L/C 200/50 8x; Beta Blocker; ACE Inhib; Ginger; Turmeric; Creatine; Magnesium; Potassium. Doing well.
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