Oh how horrible for you losing not one, but both parents! It would take a long time to recover from that. It’s good that you’ve had the motivation to keep exercising.
To help with feeling self conscious, have you thought about a PD support group? It has helped my husband considerably with his anxiety and self esteem and to be with like-minded people where nobody feels self conscious or is judgemental.
My husband doesn’t have balance issues any more, but that’s interesting how cinnamon has helped you...and no meds!!
In my experience it is much better to properly medicated than unmedicated or under medicated. The idea that levodopa accelerates the arrival of dyskinesia has been disproven.
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