I have been diagnosed since May 2016. I took Carbadopa/Levodopa for a month and got very sick so I told my neurologist I didn't want to take anymore pharmaceuticals. I asked if he cold recommend a Natropath and he declined saying natural medicine did not help. I found a product called IMMUNOCAL and took it for one month and nearly all of my symptoms were reduced by 80-90%. My strength and balance came back and I didn't have any of the awful side effects of brain fog and nausea and vomiting and dizziness that I had on C/L. My understanding is that the medicines prescribed don't affect the progression of PD they just mask the symptoms so I thought if I can live with the symptoms at the level that I have them I am not hurting myself.
The two symptoms that still bother me are my slurred and choppy speech and my poor handwriting. Any suggestions of what kind of speech therapy I should look for and I assume occupational therapy for my hand? I do not have any tremors.