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GoCats76
Male, 50, Phoenix, AZ
"I had Deep Brain Stimulation surgery in April, 2008 and am feeling great with two of my most challenging Parkinson's symptoms alleviated."
12:27pm, September 1, 2008
Here we go again. My last internal enemy, I hope! Mood
Thursday, September 11, 2008 | A Sad story

My neurologist diagnosed me today with yet another disorder, DRD.  This is Dopamine Responsive Dystonia and has been disguised as Parkinson’s all this time.   The DBS that I have will not take care of this.   So I have a new med, Artane and am just a little sleepy.   No magic remedies for this one unless I have 2 more implants into a different part of the brain.   That is not happening, for a long while.

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  1. alicefaye

    Hi GoCats - So kick the DBS's butt! Glad you are narrowing it down! Best to you and yours, Alice Faye


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