[John Roderick Walters]

An article in Parkinson’s News Today on Sept 17th reports research which finds that while “levodopa, a dopamine replacement therapy…..effectively treats bradykinesia [slowness of movement] and rigidity, the effect on resting tremor is unpredictable and varies greatly between patients.” So we have to keep our eyes and ears glued for alternative treatments that <u>do</u> help the tremor. Meanwhile,  with the help of our families we must  keep as calm / agitation-free as possible [I find that deep relaxation / yoga techniques can calm my tremor] and take plenty of shut-eye rest, especially when there is   loads od washing-up to do and other hands to do it.