Parkinson's Disease Support Group
Parkinson's disease is a movement disorder often characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement, and in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement. The primary symptoms of Parkinsons are due to excessive muscle contraction, normally caused by the insufficient formation and action of dopamine, which is produced in the dopaminergic neurons of the...
I don't let other peoples reaction to my public display of symptoms put me in a bad mood. Recently I went into a local coffee shop and my head was bobing back and forth between the menu and the counter help. she must have been about 16 years old. she saw me moving and thought that I was listening to music so she started imitating me and smiling like we had the same sound track. I could have reacted angrily and given her an education in pd and that I was not able to control it but instead I laughed with her. If we can not laugh at ourselves pd has already won. Positive mental attitude is crucial. I walked into my office at work and and some called hey Alex whats shakin? without missing a beat I said ME.
Not having good motor control is hard enough without taking responsibility for educating the world. When I tell people I meet every day That I have PD most people try to give what they think is a caring response Like I hope you get better soon, or your not old enough to have that. or even I knew so and so who had it. When I hear is there anything I can do? I say yes there is you can make a donation to the Parkinson's Unity Walk. 100% of funds raise goes into research. This gives people an opportunity to be charitable My Goal for this years campaign is$20,000.00 usd You can all get involved with fund raising in your areas. And anyone who will be in NYC Saturday April 25th 2015 is welcome to join my team Young onset of Westchester and The Bronx. let me know. Best regards Alex
Not having good motor control is hard enough without taking responsibility for educating the world. When I tell people I meet every day That I have PD most people try to give what they think is a caring response Like I hope you get better soon, or your not old enough to have that. or even I knew so and so who had it. When I hear is there anything I can do? I say yes there is you can make a donation to the Parkinson's Unity Walk. 100% of funds raise goes into research. This gives people an opportunity to be charitable My Goal for this years campaign is$20,000.00 usd You can all get involved with fund raising in your areas. And anyone who will be in NYC Saturday April 25th 2015 is welcome to join my team Young onset of Westchester and The Bronx. let me know. Best regards Alex
Birdyfeatger you have to adopt the devil may care attitude.So what you have few tics . Ewan healthy people have them. Did you ever watch people walking by ,haw they pick there nose or scratch there privets ,when they think no one is looking .What is worst that or your minor stuttering, Try not to hurry . learn to pause after every word , if you speak slower it may not be so bad and for strangers ,who cares . you probably won't see them again, or they may respond in positive way and try to understand or be ignorant. You cannot control people they are what they are , not worth to be prisoner at your home. Go out and enjoy life while you can. That is my opinion and that is haw I handle it.
Lee Silverman voice therapy. Let me know if you can not find it being offered near you I will find you a link. Best regards Alex