[Garrett McAuliffe]

I seem to have a combination of dyskinesia and tremor of the Parkinson’s symptoms at the same time. When I’m particularly stressed or concentrating or active, my symptoms increase as does my dyskinesia sometimes. That seems to be a contradiction which seems to say that you either get symptoms or you get dyskinesia. I’m in my tank is his diagnosis and this is a now emerging as a regular experience. It has lasted for up to 12 hours at a time. I am now Using guided imagery and meditation to reduce all of those experiences

[Garrett McAuliffe]

I am a person with Parkinson’s (PWP). I can attest to the value of acceptance and Commitment therapy (pronounced “ACT”).  It is a way of mindfully living in the present Within having a chronic condition or other life circumstance. It is very different from cognitive behavior therapy or CBT, which works on a much more shallow level trying to counter negative thinking. ACT goes right to the experiential heart of being with whatever is going on in our lives and not trying to change things that can’t be changed. It is just emerging and it is important that PWP’s Themselves experience ACT as well as caregivers.