Sharon L

I’m a very light sleeper and sleep with a snorer. I take 2 sleep aids from Now vitamins. They have melatonin, valerian, l theanine, skullcap and hops, etc. If needed, I will take Benadryl. I also do a couple of puffs of 20/1 thc/CBD and high THC tincture that I get from a medical cannabis store in NY. The puffs help me relax and reduce pain. The…[Read more]

Alan, my functional neurologist was trained by Ted Carrick of the Carrick institute https://carrickinstitute.com/media/
They help people with concussion and other brain injuries, Alzheimer’s, etc .
I don’t know exactly how it all works. I’m still learning.

I was diagnosed in 2017. In 2015 I was in a car accident and my right leg immediately started shaking. I had lost my sense of smell years before. Also I was a coordinated athlete and felt off playing soccer. I would get unexplained muscle cramps as well . Looking back, it was all from PD.

The exercises vary. One exercise is a figure 8 with my left foot one direction and figure of 8 with right hand the other direction. Then switch sides. Following squares on the wall diagonally. Exaggerated arm and leg walking. Following my left thumb from right to left with eyes and head. Then switch thumbs, etc . Too many to list .

I go to a functional neurologist. He’s a chiropractor. He gives me brain exercises to do during my visit and I have homework. I believe it’s helping. It’s keeping my parkinson’s at the mild form. I was diagnosed in 2017. But looking back I probably had it for years.