What actually is PD?

[blazyb]

Many people don't know what PD actually is and often the descriptions are really scientific. Here is my take. Please comment or pass on. fightingparkinsonss.com/202...

[india245]

I’m not convinced it is a loss of dopamine for everyone. I’m sure I remember seeing a video where they cut slices from brains from people who had died with PD and there was no evidence of reduced dopamine 🤷🏻‍♀️

I am still toying with the idea that we have plenty of dopamine, but we down regulate it quickly into adrenaline.

I am curious to know how many of us have lived with ongoing stress for decades, have overworked ourselves, been perfectionists, or have experienced trauma in the past…all of these, in my opinion, would require high doses of adrenaline and cortisol to get through. 🤔

[CuriousMe12 in reply to india245]

Dr Sackner Bernsteins research suggests excess dopamine prnewswire.com/news-release...

[Bracondale in reply to CuriousMe12]

So there is dopamine toxicity leading to receptor burnout / desensitisation🤔

[Bracondale in reply to india245]

And creating high levels of adrenaline and cortisol needs a lot of magnesium as well as disrupting the microbiome and methylation .....which will all lead to a strain on neurotransmitter production (inc dopamine).

[M-o-ggy]

Some time ago I drew up a spreadsheet of symptoms that I experience. This included every achievement, pain, experience that I had. It came to a list of 80. Everyday I entered a tick against anything I experienced. My intention was to try and find if there was any pattern to the symptoms I was experiencing.

It accept that it is a fine line between observation and looking for patterns .

Specialst just said that PD was a movement disorder which was not particularly helpful

I have found so much help and support from this site.

[DogsWoode]

Agreed.....a terrific site. 👍👍👍