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Jack edmonston replied to the topic What are your thoughts about Deep Brain Stimulation? in the forum Parkinson's Disease alternative treatments 1 year, 1 month ago
Focused Ultrasound (FUS) is cheaper, far less invasive, has almost no surgical risk and is just as effective as DBS. However, US has been slow to adopt the most successful version of FUS for PD, which is practiced at SoniModul clinic in Switzerlaned. Even as I type, a fellow PWP is boarding a plane for Zurich to get his other side treated after…[Read more]
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Jack edmonston replied to the topic Book Reccomendations in the forum Diagnosis Information and General Questions 1 year, 1 month ago
The New Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Book” by PD Expert at the Mayo Clinic seems to have a different take on what causes many PD symptoms. I have been reading about insomnia and night sweats and he seems to think very differently than my docs at Mass General Hospital about both cuase and treatmnent.
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Jack edmonston replied to the topic Parkinon's impact on sleep and dreaming in the forum Parkinson's Disease Symptoms 1 year, 2 months ago
ervI didn’t read every word, but I saw no mention of roprinerole. EVERY doc and PWP I have discussed my dream with says that the dopamine agonists like roprinerole, are often involved in the production of these strange dreams. I have been taking it for eight years and I’d say it causes me to have one for three of these acting-out dreams every…[Read more]
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Jack edmonston replied to the topic Why do you think Parkinsons patients have nightmares? in the forum Parkinson's Disease Symptoms 1 year, 4 months ago
I’ve had vivid nightmares and have acted some of them out. Tried to crawl out the window,. Up a wall.
Punched my wife.
Here’s the story: https://www.healthline.com/<wbr />health/vivid-dreams-causes#<wbr />causes
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