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08-09-2013, 08:30 AM | #1 | ||
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Big Bill says of Conductor71:
Boldly she sailed over the wine-dark sea; Laurels in her hair and dolphins leaping. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Conductor71 (08-09-2013) |
08-10-2013, 07:26 PM | #2 | |||
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all i can say is good on you for being persistent and hopefully soon i will be able to welcome you to the "once was diagnosed with pd" club. stay focused and keep track of EVERYTHING! let me know how the daTscan goes. i will be watching
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I have a post-encephalitic neurological disorder, but it does NOT have me! Last edited by harley; 08-10-2013 at 08:11 PM. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Thelma (08-11-2013) |
08-09-2013, 10:51 PM | #3 | ||
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You are the reason I came to this site. I haven't posted in a long time for many reasons, but this was such a great message that I had to let you know that I am thinking of you and praying for you! While researching, I read that one of the DDS management procedures was to decrease L-dopa. Is this something they mentioned to you? I hope that you are able to tolerate whatever lies ahead so that you can find a definitive answer! Know that you have a strong support system behind you! Take care! Cynthia Also wanted to say good luck to RLMSI - thinking of you too! 😊 |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Conductor71 (08-10-2013) |
08-10-2013, 12:39 AM | #4 | |||
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What a nice message! Thank you. I vacillate between cautious optimism and telling myself that I subconsciously downplayed certain symptoms, so they did not have the full picture. I know that the DATscan diagnoses nothing, but at least it may better equip me to accept things anfpursue the right course. The doctor suggested that I work with my local neuro to very slowly start tapering off meds. That should be a hoot as I cannot imagine his reaction to the letter from the NIH. I do know that I will take my time with it. At least as long in months as it has been years. I was told it would be really difficult and to adopt a hobby or exercise regime; something to focus on other than how lousy I feel. It was also suggested to just take it day by day and try to focused on the larger goal. What makes this even more a challenge is that I am a single mom to a 4 year old boy. Interestingly, in referring to med addiction, I had a funny thing happen to show how are mind works in keeping us hooked. I forgot to pack my Requip, and I was so focused on logistics and the screening I did not notice for three days. I suffered no adverse effects, and no decline in motor symptoms. In the past, I have had to go without it for a day or two because my pharmacy was out of stock, and I would monitor the clock anticipating some sort of negative reaction, so sure enough a few hours past my dose time my brain and body would oblige with a deep off period. When I was blissfully unaware, I was fine. At first I wanted to discount the DDS when they said you think that you need more and more meds to feel normal I thought no way it is because of drug tolerance; what I think has nothing to do with it. Well, the Requip story shows just how important psychological dependence is. As for other aspects of DDS; fortunately I had a short run in with compulsive purchases and binge eating (the eating was way out of character for me), so my life was not upended. The escalated dosing; the doctors believe actually make me think that I am worse off than I really am with my symptoms and doctors then just feed into it by adding on more meds so it all becomes a vicious cycle. So, I am happy to report that I am now agonist free going on five days now. I will start tapering down Amantadine, and use the Comtan to counter lowering levodopa levels. It will be interesting to see how things look. |
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