Thread: Dr. Gary Guten...co-writer..."Parkinson's Disease for Dummies"
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Old 03-27-2007, 08:50 PM
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Default Ditto on the mutitasking
As I explain to my wife, when I am off I can walk or I can talk but I can't do both.

In a tight space or crowded room I get an overstimulated sensation very similar to that I get when on and dealing with a traffic crossing as a pedestrian. Multiple input streams leading to freezing.

Interestingly enough, one of the ways they assess the effects of prenatal insults to rats is how they react to being in an alien environment with one of the critical measures being "freezing".

I'm never bored.
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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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