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Old 03-07-2013, 08:59 PM
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In Remembrance
 
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Default A poll on PDs and stress from a few years back...

....but interesting none-the-less. I used the folks over at PLM as subjects with their full knowledge. I asked a simple series of questions designed to get a picture of their lifetime stress load and how it compared to others. I divided the time axis into 1) in the womb, 2) birth to five years, 3) five years to puberty, 4) puberty to 40, and 5) 40 to present. (Or something sinilar, it has been awhile.) Then I asked them to rate the stress load for each of the periods as it compared to that of those around him.

The results were astounding. We are one sick bunch of puppies! Life has kicked so many of us in the head over the years that it is a wonder that we can stand up. Or at least that iis so for those of us who answer polls. :-)

I will attach the "final" report. Actually these 52 were eventually matched by another 47 which drifted in over the following couple of years. And of those 100, everyone had been through Hell - drunken parents, Adolph Hitler, molestation, ...those were just part of it.

I am no scientist, just a poor old parkie lurching toward Jeruselum. I have no lab, no funding, etc. But, even I can see that there is something there. Take a look and see what you think. :-)
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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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