Ways to Get Your Medicine with Mail Delays...Access to medicine is important. Drug regimens are part of treating many health conditions, and delays in taking drugs can have serious effects on health and well-being. Many people get...reactionscomments
Dickeybird's Story...Hello. I was diagnosed with PD about 7 years ago. I was 55 at the time. I saw a specialist and he could not find anything wrong with me so...reactions1comment
Breathing Peoblems...My mom has had parkinsons for 15+ years. She experiences “breathing problems” and says she can’t breathe because the air is cold and hurts her lungs. She holds a towel...reactions5replies
How My Family Dynamic Is Affected By Parkinson's...Yesterday my dad called and decided he found another project. He wants to look into changing the cell phone plan to find something cheaper. Being the person who oversees the...reactions5comments
Young onset...I'm adding to this discussion more out of fear and not a diagnosis as of yet. My father and grandfather both have/had parkinson's disease. My father was diagnosed at 59...reactions8replies
Keeping the Romance Alive: 5 Tips to Help Improve the Relationship...Below I provide five tips to help improve the relationship with a spouse or loved one. Communication is two ways! Not stating your wants and your needs is going to...reactionscomments
Parkinson’s meds...I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s about 1999, over twenty years ago. Progression was slow and after finding the right drug dose Sinemet 25/100, it worked well, but had to recently...reactions3repliesTreatment
Take the Connected Health Survey!...In the digital age, there are so many devices, websites, and technologies related to health. From fitness trackers to mobile apps, we use connected health technology to track symptoms, monitor...reactionscomments
This is Parkinson's...I am a wife and mother to two teenage sons, a full-time worker (and breadwinner) and now I am a caregiver. My husband was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and...reactions7comments
Describing the Worst Days With Chronic Pain...In September 2019, Health Union (the parent company of ParkinsonsDisease.net) partnered with the US Pain Foundation for our first ever Chronic Pain in America survey to ask members of our...reactionscomments
Hitchhiker's Toe...I was diagnosed with Parkinson's several years ago and have experienced most of the symptoms associated with it. Recently I developed a condition that perplexes me and caused me to...reactions6comments
Do I have PD?...My father was diagnosed at 45 and passed away at 60, that was 22 yrs ago. I am 57 yr old female and started with tremors on right side from...reactions3replies
Do you think this is PD (video)?...Action (more specifically isometric), not resting tremor. Triggered by various dexterity related movements of the effected pinky. Dystonia/tremor not interrupted by movement. Lasts for 45 seconds or so, then stops...reactions1reply
What's Happening To Me...?...One weekend roughly a year ago we walked onto our boat on a Friday evening after a long drive from NJ to Lake Champlain. When I woke up early the...reactions3comments
How to deal with night horrors...My husband constantly kicking and yelling out through the night. Clonazepam doesn't seem to do much...reactions1reply
Quarantine-Style Shopping with Parkinson's...Like many of you, my wife and I do a lot of online shopping. This was and is especially true during this period of social distancing. Gone are the days...reactionscomments
Where do I go from here?...I was living a happy life. I was considerably healthy (I’d lost over 170 pounds by walking every day and eating a healthy diet). That was until I began to...reactions3comments
Fight or accept or both?...Finally diagnosed in July 2018. Got severely depressed, suicidal and all that fun stuff. Left an abusive marriage a few months before and left the state to live with my...reactions3replies
Quotes on Hope, Positivity, Loving Others, and Living with Parkinson’s...The past few months have been both rewarding and difficult. These difficult times have changed all of us, directly or indirectly. For personal reasons, I have been writing quotes on...reactions2comments
The Repo Man Called For You: His Name Was 'Mr Parkinson'...I’m sorry that I missed you. I’m sorry you were late, I’ll catch you when you’re next in view, Or just about to emigrate, Yes, I’m the promised man, I’m...reactions1comment
