Re: on and off

[Mary Ann Ryan <bentwillow@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a very interesting account.  Why would valium, a drug that should
(in my mind) would depress function, work well to stop freezing in PD???
I'm curious.
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Mary Ann (CG Jamie 67/27 with PD)
www.bentwillowfarm.org

>  An interesting thing happened happen to me at the emergency room several
> months ago. I had been in one of my off periods for several hours, when
> ever i would get out of a chair or try to stand and  walk I would bend
> over and freeze. My wife insisted I go to the ER. I spent 8 hours in the
> ER on my back not being able to lower my head down to the pillow. They
> began giving me intervenes Valium, the stiffness left and I walked out.
>
>  Since that time when ever I go into an off period I take a low dose
> Valium (2mg) it puts me back on with in 20 minutes or less, this assumes I
> have sinemet in my system and I don't have a full stomach. Some days I
> don't need it at all  other days I may take it 4 or 5 times over 15 hours.
> If I don't consume any large amounts of food at any one time I can go most
> of the day being near normal except for a couple short naps.
>
>  I've had PD for nearly 15 years, I have tried all the drugs, I been in a
> wheel chair, I've laid on the floor for hours not being able to move. The
> best combination of drugs to manage my PD has been the low dose Valium and
> sinemet cr.



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