[mbruggs]

I think my PD came from a combination of things.

I flew fighters in the Air Force for 20 years. I was stationed at different bases throughout those years. The base I think affected me the most was George Air Force Base in Victorville, California. Seven years there and then I learned of the gross contamination in the base water, basically the whole environment that was George AFB. This is where I believe my PD started, but no symptoms for years.

Jump ahead to April 2017 and the suicide death of my wife. The trauma of finding her triggered the PD that was dormant inside me from my exposure to the George AFB environment. I began to see tremor symptoms in early 2018 and was finally diagnosed with PD January 2020.

So this combination is what I believe produced my Parkinson’s.

[mbruggs]

I was on the Neupro patch for two years. Increased dosage from 2mg to 6mg.  Also, I was taking amantadine and then Artane.  Didn’t work for me, in fact, when adding the Artane my tremors increased.