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True there use to be stigma attatched to mental illness. My sister is bipolar and she also was a single pregnant girl at 15 when there was a stigman for out of wed lock births. She attempted suicide several times. She almost succeded the last time. The family decided where her 3 children would go. But she pulled through. Now she fights to stay alive. She connected with the right analyst and was plaaced on the correct medicine. And when she feels the same feelings she had before the meds she notifiys her analyst. I admire my sister she got help for her illness and did not abort her first borne. That would have been the easy way out. She is married with 3 children and 6 grandchildren. She had a heart attack at 49 and was given a 20 percent chance of survivial thanks to the incompetency of the er staff. She made it. She was not ready to go.So what I am trying to tell you is you have to make the first move to get help no one can do it for you. Talk to your husband. I think you under estimate him. He loves you other wise he would have left by now. There are support groups you can attend and you can vent here. Give your meds a chance to work. They have made great strides in treatment. I think the majority of the community here has had problems with diagnosis. I was staggering and falling with no use of the right hand and arm, my vision was affected. My ability to learn is affected along with memory. After 5 years I was finally diagnosed and th emeds worked wonders.
Life is what you make of it.View Thread


Medicare may pay for yours but I get the speed.!
Psycho parkinson woman flying down the road. Catch me if you can
Live life like it is your last day!View Thread

I just turned 59 and my husband just had his 70th. we are getting ready to celebrate our 30th wedding aniversary(SP). It seems just like yesterday that we were married. Life sure does fly by. I wish it would slow down.
On the lighter side I am looking for a pink vespa with a pink side car. Now imagine me in the drivers seat and Taz--gsd in the side car.View Thread

I can just see it now police car with flashing lights pulling over a woman weaving down the side walk in her roundabout. All joking a side I hope you can start walking soon. Is there a medicaiton that you could take to help with the vertigo? How about any cures by old house wives tales.still on the serious side. I have been doing a lot of thinking lately. I am still in my 50's. What would I have done differently if I knew I would have Parkinsons's. I never took the time to smell the flowers long the way of lifes path. I started working at the age of 12 and never took time to really enjoy life. I never went to the prom,attended graduation and i did not date until I was in my 20's. I always thought there would be plenty of time to enjoy life after I retired. I always wanted to study art. I use to be pretty good.
Looking back I can honestly say even though I did not smell the flowers or live a "normal" child hood I would not change a thing. It is not to late to smell the flowers and to study art.
Life is what you make it. I will retire in 3 years at that time we plan on moving to Arizona. until that happens I plan on taking up art and gardening also start looking at housing in AZ.
I wonder if this is what is called a mid life crisis.
Thanks for letting me bend your ear
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Have you thought about a tandem bike? Your husband could peddle the front while your feet are attatched to the back peddles and if your dogs do not try to pull they could run along side. We have people that ride bikes with there dogs running along side. Just think a family exercise

They do have dance class for parkinson's.View Thread

just a note about telling your co workers and management.Tell them. One of the problems with Parkinson it can cause a delay in memory. Since I have explained the problem my co-workers no longer try to hide there memory lapses. ie sometimes i forget names. My co-workes use to hide the fact that they could not remember a persons name now they come out and ask what is his/her name again. So Parkinson's actually has helped at work. I have encourgaged people to ask questions. Most think it it just involves movement. They do not realize it affects speach,memory,ability to learn, sex drive. I can not think of one thing it does not affect. It even causes personality change. The one thing with Parkinson's if you do not use it you will loose it. Make sure you exercise both body and mind.
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They say laughter is the best medicine. I put it behind the 4 legged therapists. I always look for the positive and laugh as much as possible. I think it slows the enemy down. I have found anger brings out parkinsons. Let me give you a laugh. I ghave been trying to figure out how I can get back into running. The problem is I have no sense of balance. The other night I dreamed I was running in a marathon---I dream big---and when I looked down I was using a walker with wheels. Now wouldn't that be a sight to behold. I use to be a runner. When I was assigned to a post in Italy a group of us use to run with the locals. They would have 100 K runs periodically. I did try and the furthest I made it was 50K running from Fiencze to Firenze.
I also tried out for SETAF. Setaf held try outs and there were 2 of us who won and we were invited to Germany for the final tryouts. I had to decline do to lack of staff. If only..... Well back to reallity.
I wonder sometimes if i had contimued to run if I could have beaaten Parkinson. Exercise and diet seem to be the weapon to use.
I see a bright future for science. I had the pleasure of a Highschool student doing some computer work for me and she also did some work in Micorbiology. Plating cultures. She graduates this year and plans to become a biologist. She has it together and knows where she is going,brains and beauty. the total package.
Thanks lovedogs1955 for responding to the mother.View Thread
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