Leon Celnik

I don’t have enough good words to describe what my life has been like after the DBS. Having gone through a crisis of uncontrolled movements and dyskinesia that forced me to ask for help to my wife even with the food, I found these doctors in Colombia who, after a long exhaustive and critical analysis, with the assistance of professionals of the…[Read more]

During some time, I decreased the dose of nightly Clonazepam and my dreams (nightmares) got so real, I couldn’t differentiate the reality from the fantasy, even shouting and sweating. So right now, I’m convinced that I must have this drug daily. The problem, my neurologist says, is the PD.

I’ve been using 5 drops of Clonazepam almost every night for the last 5 years. I don’t know if its adictive, but right now I can’t sleep without it. In fact, when I’m overexcited or nervous, I can’t sleep at all. I think that it has all to do with my PD, more than the drug.

Yes. I had my DBS in march ’21, almost 1 ½ years ago. Right now, I’m 90% well. I have not diskinesia; my hands are stable. Only my voice is a tiny trembling, and some times I forget the words. My right leg is occasionally trembling a little bit, and some of imbalance (but I haven’t fallen once). But I normally drive my car, with all the…[Read more]

I am 72 but feel a lot younger. The last 10 years have been traumatic, worsening by the minute. The last one was horrible. Besides of the dreadful and disabling dyskinesia, lately I just couldn’t hold steady a glass, a spoon or a knife with my bare hands and my wife had to help me to eat, so, I took the determination of having DBS surgery. It w…[Read more]