Barb M |
05-19-2008 01:41 PM |
awe, thank you chair lady :) I'm sorry you have Parkinson's, and have to admit i don't know a lot about PD. I know hd is kind of a combination of parkinsons and alzheimers. I don't have any movement problems yet, but 5 years ago started to get muscle spasms and bit of balance problems, and choking on water a lot, some memory and thinking problems, sleep problems, and and and lol lol lol I havent been able to sew since i got hd, the thinking process was too hard for me, but i started on an alzheimers med a year and a half ago called memantine, it stops excess glutamate in the brain from killing brain cells, and so my symptoms are sooooo much better, and right after starting the memantine, i was able to start sewing again. I don't know if memantine would work in parkinsons, not sure if there is a glutamate problem in parkinsons. The other med i take is called seroquel. It is a mood stabilizer, helps the sleep area of my brain function proper again so i can sleep good, and it also improves muscle function by effecting dopamine levels, so that im no longer choking on water. So those are some things that have helped me, i hope you're doing well, so nice to meet you :)
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