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My PD life is confusing - this is not easy. How do I accept it?
Parkinson's Disease | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
Hi, @johnnyvsn, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Seems like you have a lot of ups and downs with your Parkinson's symptoms.
I'd like to introduce you to @hopeful33250, who has talked about her Parkinson's diagnosis, and also @ronwolf @sisyphus @sherryallen @missbutterfly2be, who may have some experiences with themselves or a loved one feeling normal for windows of time and then feeling bad with Parkinson's. They may have some thoughts on whether this is common with this disease.
@johnnyvsn - have you found anything that helps your body feel better when it's feeling bad from Parkinson's?
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I think you should specify "symptoms". My most troubling are mental or psychological symptoms, as opposed to physical symptoms.
I try to treat all of my mental...my brain episodes... the same: deep breathing, listening to music I can relax to, as well as music I dance to, singing outloud, forcing myself to do physical work when my apathy has me stagnating and worrisome, and just plain sleeping. With a combo of these I can usually pull myself out of a deep depression, including being very suicidal, or an anxiety attack that has me screaming and yelling at someone (and temporarily HATING them). Fixing my BRAIN is fixing a part of my body. Yes, I can do things to fix my brain. And with a lot of puching myself, I can break a period of apathy.
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The thing that makes me feel the best us moving. Just sitting is not good. Walking around eventually makes me feel much better.