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I use White Willow Bark rather than painkillers but that doesn’t seem very effective.
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I was fascinated by your thoughts on multi-tasking. I am a multi-tasker par excellence and I have always thought this is a factor in my neurological symptoms. The physical and mental sensations I get when I have problems moving put me in mind of the children’s game where you put hand over hand over hand speeding up until everybody loses the sequence and order become chaos. I lose my place in the same way when I have the intention to walk for example. Competing intentions and the consideration of too many factors cause garbled inputs and the system jams. It is as if I “forget” what I am doing and parts of my body get momentarily lost. In other words my proprioceptive system is blanking out.
My solution is to have a focus and slow down but this multi-tasking habit is deeply embedded in my physical, mental and physical worlds, so it is not easy. For example when my writing is running out of control I slow down, print, lift my pencil after every letter and sometime says each letter old loud as I write. This can be uncomfortable to almost unbearable but is always revealing.( In other words I have to become mindful)
I recently read that dopamine is involved in salience which I found very interesting. Maybe I am not able to prioritise inputs of intention, a situation that is hardly helped by multi-tasking.
I think intention is key. When I am unable to march on the spot I am very often able to “lift my right knee as high as I can, lift my left knee as high as I can”. Same movement;a slight shift in intention makes the impossible easy!
All the Best
Fiona
I have also made the connection of candida and Parkinsons disease. I was on tetracycline for acne as a young teen and suffered with yeast infections off and on that exploded into severe, chronic infections after my dad died. Diflucan for over 18 months couldn’t stop; foot soaks held the infections at bay and within 2 years I was dx with PD.
I take no meds and have spent 8 years on mind-body-emotions work, healing techniques, attended your Santa Fe seminar… I’m 6 days into a strict no sugar, no gluten diet and feel more energetic and my ankles are skinny again. There are so many conflicting diets and advice.
How are you currently doing with candida? And is there a specific diet you followed? For how long before becoming less strict?
Response:
Just to clarify for those who do not know … I do not have Parkinson’s symptoms but have discussed my journey of recovery with candida cleanses on my radio show over the years. I have personally struggled to find answers to the questions you asked above for
many years now. The conclusion I have reached is that the dance with candida never ends. In the end it is a question of balance. Too much or too little candida results in horrible health problems. some of which include the symptoms of Parkinson’s as you state above.
I will first answer the personal question, then explain the connection of candida to Parkinson’s. I have done many candida detoxes over the years. They all have helped to reduce the infection in the tissues and organs of my body. It does pay to stay in a strict
candida diet for 6 weeks every now and then. The “problem” is never really permanently solved.
I instantly know candida is an issue because I get fatigued easily. I also know I have a candida overgrowth because I have indulged in consuming sweets. I also know because rashes can also pop up here and there on my body. There is no need to request diagnostic
tests for a candida problem. My body always sends off the alarm.
In the long run the best decision I have made is to cut out eating sugar except in rare, holiday situations. Our brains certainly need sugar to function but we get plenty of sugar from the natural sources of eating fruits and other natural food sources. In other
words, healing my addiction to sugar has been the key to getting the candida problem under control.
Most people think that all toxins enter the body externally through the food we eat and through toxins that enter our body through our skin. Some toxins are generated internally by the body. Candida is one substance that is responsible directly or indirectly for
the production of dozens of toxins. One such toxin is acetaldehyde which is typically found in the gastrointestional track. Another toxin – salsolinol – is synthesized by the body from acedaldehyde and dopamine. Elevated levels of salsolinol have been found in the
urine and cerebrospinal fluid of persons who experience Parkinson’s symptoms.
Will you be likely to remember these complicated terms and connections a week from now or even tomorrow? I doubt it. I can’t. What is important to remember is that evidence suggests an overgrowth of candida can be an agent responsible for Parkinson’s symptoms.
Lidia Epp is the researcher who discovered the connection between Candida and Parkinson’s symptoms. She is one of the contributors to Pioneers of Recovery. Her Parkinson’s symptoms reversed after completing a successful candida cleanse.
Learning how to dance successfully with candida is the same lesson as learning to balance the energies of giving and receiving. Many people with Parkinson’s symptoms are givers who never stop to receive. They give their life force away. Learning to maintain a delicate balance of giving to others and receiving from others is one of the secrets to a successful recovery program. It is no less important than learning to balance the level of candida in our body.
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symptoms which include (but are certainly not limited to) toxins, infections, trauma, stress and thoughts that we rattle around our heads that are not conducing to recovery. I discuss all of these issues and more during the radio show today.Hello Robert: This is all mew to us. My 62 year old fiance has insulin dependent diabetes and severe neuropathy in his feet from the diabetes and he has started having jumpy hands, fingers, legs, and other areas of jumpiness in his body such as his eyes twitching and shoulders jumping and some twitching of muscles. He takes morphine for severe chronic arthritis pain in his low back and tailbone. He takes reglin for diabetic slow stomach emptying. He also takes oxycontin for breakthrough pain. His balance issues was caused form the diabeteic neuropathy which he had way before the jumpey problems started. He did not have the jumpy problems until about 6 months ago and it is progressively getting worse a little at a time but is not severe yet. It is not constant but he does jump and twitch in his sleep too as I have noticed this when he is asleep.
Do you think he has Parkinsons Disease? We are very concerned about this, but he does not I am writing to you as I am very concerned for him. Will Parkinsons take his life and does it cause Alzhemiers Disease which I know can eventually take a persons life. How advanced are the drugs for Parkinsons as far as slowing or stopping Parkinsons Disease? How much and for how long do these drugs slow the progression of Parkinsons Disease? Which drugs do you think are the best on the market to use for Parkinsons Disease. Are their any other disease that this could be besides Parkinsons. Any help you can give me is very much appreciated as I don’t want to loose him as he is my whole life. We both met after we had both gone through bad divorces and have only been together 11 yrs and I would like to spend many more years with him. By the way I am 60 and he is 62. Do you think if he had bariatric surgery for weight loss ( he is about 310lbs and 6 foot 2 inches tall) and we have read that gastric bypass surgery will put the diabetes in remisssion as long as he adheres to the eating program after the surgery for good. I am going to have the surgery and I think it will help him too. Any help or information you can give us is very much appreciated.
Sincerely
Andrea
You have ask a series of questions that involve diagnosing and treating conditions medically with medications and surgeries. I am not the resource who can answer these types of questions which should be addressed to a medical doctor.
From the perspective of a researcher, I have two observations to offer. First, I would recommend that you investigate the side effects of the medications he is taking. Some of his current issues may be due to side effects. Keep in mind there is no research that reports side effects when two medications are used in conjunction with one another, much less more than two medications. The medications themselves combine together to create unreported side effects. Making matters even more complicated, the effects of medications differ depending on the person. Some people can tolerate them. Others cannot.
My second observation to your jumpy hands question is to suggest you take a different perspective. All of your questions address the treatment of symptoms. If you want to be together for another 30 years, think about finding and treating what is causing the symptoms. When it comes to reversing the symptoms of diabetes, diet changes do the trick. Change what you eat every day and you will be dazzled at the result.
Best of luck to the two of you and may you be together for another 30 years.
Robert Rodgers PhD
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Hi Robert: First of all, let me congratulate you for your nice work. It helps me a lot. though, I have 2 questions I could not find any answer in your blog about depression and Parkinsons.
1. You mention your book relating a few people that have recovered. And you also mention you are a researcher. I wonder if you have some data (bigger than these 11 people) that have completely or almost completely recovered. And where to find these data.
There are actually two Pioneers of Recovery books: A first set and a second set. I used to be a quantitative researcher and did analyses of huge data sets. I decided that was only proving the obvious.
I have switched over the past decade to qualitative or case study research. You get to hear the full story from each person about how they reversed their symptoms. A relatively small number of people are willing to tell their stories, but I can assure you that I hear reports from many people who have been successful in their healing journey. I might add – what does it matter anyway? Isn’t the most important issue for you to find the cause and heal it?
2. Also, and most important, how to deal with the depression related to PD? where to find it in your blog?
On the blog: click on the category listed in the right column entitled “depression help.” The posts that related to depression will pop up.
thanks again for your comments about depression and Parkinsons.
Eneas
You are most welcome Eneas.
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I am committed to a wellness model…I especially am exploring qigong at least 2 hrs/day for the past 10 mo.
I would like to titrate off of my daily 5 to 6 Sinemets (25/100mg) as well as my 1 mg of Azilect. I have limited myself to 4 Sinemets/day the last three. So far, OK.
Also it seems to me that there are stores of dopamine in the body as I take my last sinemet at 6:30, sleep from 11 pm ’til about 4 am. I do about 90 min of Qigong and feel the most normal. What’s perplexing is that I can feel so good after about ten hours of last sinemet???? Are you aware of why this occurs? …when the 1/2 life, I believe is abou 90 minutes.???? I am grateful for your sharing of what has worked for others.
Blessings, John
Hi John:
Congratulations on your incredible wellness program! Hooray I say!
The thinking about the medication in your question focuses on the effects of medications independent of any other interventions or therapies the person is doing. Your body naturally makes dopamine when you practice  Qigong. This is why  our ancestors practiced Qigong  for thousands of years! It is a tried and true therapy to be sure. I suspect that you are able to take less medication because your body is able to manufacture more of it naturally.
My suggestion for you is to watch my discussion below on the causes of Parkinson’s disease symptoms. As a researcher I have concluded that the causes are many and multi-faceted. If the intent is to suppress symptoms, flooding the body with more dopamine is the standard,tried and true  approach that works more often than not. If you are interested in healing from the inside out, the focus turns on a very different journey to discover and treat the causes.

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My husband has had Parkinsons for 9 years. We first went with the medicine route. It slowly got to the point where every new symptom was given one or two more medicines. He was talking so many medicines that at one point all he was doing was sleeping and wanting to end it all.
Let me know if you need to know all the meds he was on.
I consulted a naturopath who helped us begin supplements and a doctor who helped us wean my husband off the meds very slowly. He has been off the meds for about 5 months now.
The naturopath assured me that getting off the meds would be the answer, but that has not been the case.
He has been going a gradual decline and has taken a turn for the worse.
He cannot walk or bathe without help, his arms become extremely rigid and stiff, where I can hardly move them, and his whole body shakes (like a seizure). He is also having problems swallowing. His mind, however, remains sharp and clear.
He is becoming emotional and said today that he just couldn’t take much more of this.
I don’t know what to do now nor do I know where or to whom I need to go. He cannot live this way.
Do I put him back on the meds? Do I go another route? There are so many wonderful treatments I have read up on, but money is a key issue.
Please help.
Debbie
Hi Debbie:
The recovery process involves difficult choices day in and day out. The road to recovery entails ups and downs. It is never a smooth ride. Healing from the inside out does usually involves letting deep emotions release. From you question above it sounds like this is what is happening and is actually a good thing to surface. When the focus of treatment is on suppressing the symptoms with medications and supplements, emotions are suppressed too. For the body to heal, the trapped trauma and emotions have to be felt and best of all released.
A wild guess on my part is that he has accumulated toxins in the tissues and lymph that are obstructing his mobility and creating restrictions in the body. Toxins in gall bladder and liver can be problematic in this regard. If he is not moving his  body, the toxins will have no way of moving through the lymph that is designed to carry the bad stuff out of the body. One of my Seven Secrets to Healing is to get the bad stuff out of the body first. Talk with your naturopath about this possibility.
From your question “Do I put him back on the meds” it sounds like you are in control of his recovery process. Â My suggestion for you will probably be a surprise. Let him be in complete charge of decisions regarding his recovery. He is obviously a competent, smart man. He can and will figure it out. Watch my youtube video on the critical importance of taking control over the recovery process:

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Dear Dr. Rodgers, I have just listened to your radio programs like 5 of them. Got your large book…halfway through.
You are my hero. I am totally alternative…never really do meds. pills, drugs unless I am very sick, which is rarely.
Have in the last year developed symptoms like right hand tremor…lower jaw tremor…stiffness in knees…balance issues and the odd thing called ‘frozen’. So went to a neurologist and said it was essential tremors. Then for a 2nd opinion, I went to the head of the Movement Disorder Dept at Cedars Sinai here in Los Angeles. He said he suspected PD however, to make sure, he wants me to take the DaTscan test with radioactive iodine iv…
So…my question…after listening to you…do I take the test, or just continue learning about the symptoms, and work with all these modalities, including a consult with you… to become symptom free? The test is in 2 weeks. I have to cancel like in a day or two. I’m sure the doc will want me to go on those dopa meds. I’d be a dopa to take them honestly, which to me are a nightmare. What you say resonates with me as the TRUTH!! So do I need the test?
Thank you, and blessings…MarshaÂ
Hi Marsha:
Thanks for the kind words about the work I do through Parkinsons Recovery. They certainly made my day!
I have two reactions for you to consider. First, when it comes to making decisions like having medical diagnostic tests or taking prescription medications, I believe you and only you can make this determination. It doesn’t matter what I or anyone else thinks or might advise. Why do I say this? The most important factor in the recovery process is to take full control over every decision you make. What does your own intuition tell you?
Second, I suggest you may have asked the wrong question. I believe the issue sorts on a choice. Do you want to suppress the symptoms through medications (whether they are prescription medications or herbs), do you want to find the cause of the symptoms and treat the cause, or do you want to pursue both strategies? If you decide to take the prescription medications, you will have to tie up with a neurologist or other medical doctor who will need to do a diagnosis. That is the reason for the test that is suggested. Doctors cannot prescribe medications until they have a diagnosis. Some prefer to require a number of tests to confirm the diagnosis. Keep in mind that in the end, any diagnosis is the opinion of one person, so many people like to get second and third opinions – which has been your strategy too!
Robert Rodgers PhD
Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease
“how do I wean myself off medications with out a doctor?”
The question for how to reduce medication dosage was submitted through My Q&A system available on the main blog at www.parkinsonsrecovery.com. Your doctor prescribed the medications for you in the first place, so you will have to involve them in the process of weaning yourself off of them. The weaning process can take some time, so you will more than likely need your doctor to continue prescribing the medications even though you have made a conscious choice to reduce the dosage.
Many people find reducing the dose very difficult, especially when the reduction that is attempted is to aggressive. Serious side effects can result under such circumstances. The best practice is to reduce the dose gradually and slowly. Give your body plenty of time to adjust to the change.
I think it is always a wise move to involve a compounding pharmacist in helping reduce the dose. They can make medicines that have slightly less in them and monitor how your are doing with the reduction, They will also correspond with your doctor to advise them of the status of your plan to reduce the dosage.
I think it is a smart move to take control of your own recovery plan. Hopefully, your doctor will be supportive of your decision. The people who succeed in their recovery have a full appreciation of the importance of taking full control over their recovery.
Robert Rodgers PhD
Founder 2004
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Road to Recovery from Parkinsons Disease
There are many factors that can potentially be the causes of Parkinsons disease. Once you discover the root causes, you are in a position to focus attention on healing the problems that cause the symptoms.
The is a good probability that the causes are toxins or infections or trauma or entanglements in family systems (or some combination of these possibilities). What follows is an email I received from Chris who succeeded in identifying a Lyme infection as the cause of his symptoms. His story is a victory we can all celebrate. Chris is truly a pioneer of recovery.
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Robert,
I wanted to give you and update. I am now a little over a month in treatment of my Lyme disease. My tremors have decreased a great deal but have not stopped. However the tremors are the only symptoms that still exist. I am no longer stiff and arm swing has returned. Simple tests like tapping my fingers shows that my right side has the same speed as the left. This was not true before, the right side was significantly slower.
I FEEL BETTER.
Last week I stopped feeling tired after the Bicilin shots. We believe the spirilia die off has stopped, meaning we have decimated the bacteria that causes the Lyme.
I start Clear Mind Neurofeedback therapy next week to start rebuilding the lost neurons from the attack of the disease.
I am going to continue the bicilin shots for another three weeks along with vitamin IV’s once a week. I am also detoxing heavy metals.
The bottom line is that it will take some time and patience to recover fully but I am making strong headway.
Chris
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