Anxiety Is A Common Problem In PD And The Following Study May Offer A Potential Remedy

[chartist]

The following article from Johns Hopkins explains that up to 40% of PwP have anxiety :

hopkinsmedicine.org/health/....

The following new RCT offers a potential remedy to anxiety in PwP and mentions how anxiety may be associated to disease progression :

jamanetwork.com/journals/ja....

Art

[laglag]

Thanks for posting! I seem to have a lot of anxiety even when I don't feel like anything is bothering me??

🥊

[chartist in reply to laglag]

A friend of mine with PD told me that his worst symptom was anxiety and it made him feel really bad most of the time. When I asked him to explain or describe what the anxiety was like, he said he didn't know how to put it into words other than to say it makes him feel miserable. He did tell me that B1 made a huge difference in his anxiety.

Art

[gwendolinej in reply to chartist]

Thanks Art. I’ve been wondering where we would go from here.

Gwendoline

[chartist in reply to gwendolinej]

Yes, it is always nice to have options to deal with anxiety. Another consideration and one that I use is EFT :

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

Art

[laglag in reply to chartist]

Thanks Art. I tried B1 a few years ago. I only tried 500 mg. for 2 days but it made my tremors worse. Did I not give it enough time? 🥊

[chartist in reply to laglag]

There are a couple of ways to look at it, but generally two days is a short test, however increased tremor is usually an indication of overdose of B1. You said you started B1 at 500 mg. Based on the information that Dr. Costantini left with this forum, a worsening of symptoms is almost always a sign of B1 overdose. When you combine that information with the fact that the effective dose range for B1 in PwP reported on this forum is from 25 mg/day to 4000 mg/day, you could easily have been in B1 overdose which could have accounted for the increased tremor. Some people are very sensitive to B1 as reflected in people who find 25 mg/day to be effective for them and their PD. Here is a link that explains how to test B1. In it it explains what your next steps should have been once you reached a level of B1 overdose :

healthunlocked.com/cure-par...

Art

[park_bear in reply to laglag]

It takes 4 months to attain full benefit. Making your tremors worse suggests the dosage was too high.

[laglag in reply to park_bear]

Thank you for your input!

[pmh18623]

I receive acupuncture at a local acupuncture school and it is very helpful for pain and anxiety.The reduced senior rate, and the school make getting acupuncture a several times a month possible. It is very frustrating that Medicare does not reimburse licensed acupuncture practitioners outside of MD's with certification, as they are few in number.

The University of Washington in Seattle does have an integrative medicine campus, but the nutrition help(unless diabetic)and massage are not covered. Acupuncture is, but for me, the distance would undo the benefit, so I feel grateful for the local school.

The study RA participants received acupuncture three times a week. Bliss!

[chartist in reply to pmh18623]

Is RA, rheumatoid arthritis?

Art

[pmh18623 in reply to chartist]

In this case no. The study participants receiving RA real acupuncture vs the control group receiving SA sham acupuncture.