Emotional impact of PD

[zadok459]

I sometimes just get fed up, tired, desponded and stressed about living with PD. Although your meds might be on you still have PD and you can feel it in your body and mind.When I wake-up in the morning I can feel the adrenaline preparing me for the day's struggle. Any advice - it seems it's just a question of carry on regardless. I try and accept my symptoms -it seems the only answer.

[Kevin51]

I found this video quietly helpful. The speaker is a Canadian GP with early onset PD who she was dx 16 years earlier. It was recorded back in 2014 so I am sure others have linked to it in the past.

vimeo.com/97459335

[heidi1]

Fight back! Find a Parkinson’s exercise class and attend regularly. I’m a Personal Trainer Certified in Delay the Disease. I see this all the time. My clients are so positive and they get great confidence by taking on challenges at the gym. The camaraderie they have is amazing.

Exercise is the key to fighting this disease! It is the only way to delay or even reverse symptoms.

[JohnPepper]

If you have a healthy POSITIVE ATTITUDE you stand a good chance of overcoming many of your Pd symptoms. If you look at my website - reverseparkinsons.net - and make contact with me, I can send you lots of information, free of charge, that will help you. Only YOU can help yourself.

[alaynedellow]

I take mannitol and it woks wonders for apathy

[zadok459]

What can I use for anxiety?

[Jeansm in reply to zadok459]

My neuro prescribed Prozac (Fluoxetine ). Noticeable improvement after 2 months with unexpected benefit of less rigidity. Will review again in 6 months.

[Hidden]

Anxiety is a real challenge. One thing I use is distracting myself by thinking something else. When I feel the first pull of dread or fear, I try to think of the lyrics to a song, or count by threes to 1000, or try to think of the states in alphabetical order. It really helps if you walk or stretch while doing this. I started by counting backwards from 1000.

FUD (Fear, uncertainty, and doubt) was used as a strategy to sell people things they do not need or can not afford. Everyone experiences it to different degrees. I can remember my dad reciting Ogden Nash poems when he was in the hospital. It was only recently I understood that was his way of keeping anxiety at bay. It’s like rerouting your thoughts.