richard gitschlag

Not all that much. My dad was Plant Manager of a weed killer manufacturing plant, making 2,4-D and MCPA, not to mention 2,4,5-T in earlier years. We used those as I was growing up. y dad lived into his high 80’s, as did my uncle, who worked out in the plant. We lost Dad to dementia, with only a slight Parkinson’s toward the end. I think this may…[Read more]

I’ve noticed that when particularly stressful (especially emotional) events occur, it can be like “Hey, who turned off my meds?”  Even at the peak “on” time of my Rytary schedule, it’s like a light being switched off.  It’s just gone, and the PD is on in full force.

It’s hard to pinpoint my “first symptom”, as there were several seemingly unrelated things that had been developing over the months before my official diagnosis.  In no particular order, there were:

My sense of smell had long departed.

My wife started asking why I looked sad or angry when I didn’t feel anything like that at all (masked…[Read more]