Phil Gattis

at bedtime, I take 10mg Melatonin

and in addition, a cup of valerian tea.

I brew an additional cup to take cold if/when I awake in the night to help me get back to sleep.

This is almost a failsafe regimen for me.

Christmas was very blessed.

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I’ve been taking Turmeric for several years now.  It very nicely replaced an NSAID in controlling pain/inflammation.  Long-term NSAID use has its danger of side effects, so that in itself makes it worth it.  However, a cure for Parkinson’s it is not.

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My mother had Parkinson’s.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7306987/

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/266486/reporting

perhaps the most helpful I’ve found:

Gut Health and the NU-AGE Mediterranean Diet

but it’s mostly over my head.

I can’t see how to start a new forum.  I think this potential breakthrough deserves one, although there doesn’t seem to be enough information to research it further.

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/scientists-identify-gut-bacteria-linked-to-neurodegenerative-conditions/

Is this what he’s talking about?  https://www.amazon.com/sesamin/s?k=sesamin

What helped us is that, from early on, we realized that it isn’t my diagnosis, but *our* diagnosis, and we are a team fighting this thing called Parkinson’s.  She is with me at every appointment.  We discuss every change in medication and routine.

For example, I started getting up 10 minutes earlier in order to facilitate 15 minutes of P…[Read more]

My mother had Parkinson’s.

2nd most important treatment is humor.  my current favorite one-liner:  “I’m having short-term memory loss; I’ll talk to you next week.”

most important treatment: exercise

However, C/L initially helped reduce symptoms significantly, so I hesitate to drop Rx treatment, but I rank it in 3rd place.

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Hi, Mary Beth.  I’m in the New York Catskill mountains.

Sauna, then exercise, then C/L, in that order – for both “favorite” and “most relief”

Mike Scott:

As to causes, there are 2 contenders.  PD is presumptive for the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune water pollution scandal, for which I’m perfectly qualified.  Also, since that exposure, I sprayed many types of paint and coatings with bad organic solvents, for which I didn’t use sufficient protection.  Camp Lejeune started PD, and the ot…[Read more]

Mike Scott:

I just had my 70th birthday last Sunday.  15 months diagnosed.  I exercised regularly for years, long before diagnosis.  Since diagnosis, it’s become much more important for me.

Phil Gattis

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Mine is similar to others’, especially David Blacker:

3 times/week mixing up:

• 20 min HIIT cardio
• 15 min resistance: sit-ups, push-ups, therapy band
• 20 min power moves PWR!Moves
• 10 min stretches

Then I try to do a 4th time each week boxing with a heavy and a speed bag.  I’m really not good at the speed bag.