Parkinson’s Disease:

Fighting Back Through Self-Advocacy

Getting a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is the beginning of a long arduous battle with the symptoms of this complicated disease. Parkinson’s affects people in many different ways. Tremors, for example, can be on both sides of your body or it can be on one side. Medications like levodopa, in conjunction with other medications, can help the patient to reduce or eliminate tremors. But patients still cannot stop the tremors. Patient with this situation may have to revert to deep brain situation, DBS. Tremors are just one of many symptoms a Parkinson’s patient will face. Some of the other symptoms could be cramping, stiffness, slow movements, and balance issues to name a few.  

The Parkinson’s patient needs to be their own advocate in the quest to manage these symptoms to get the best quality of life. One way to get started getting your arms around this task is to educate yourself on these issues. That starts with a doctor that is a movement disorder specialist. Their training is more in depth on the conditions you will be facing than a neurologist. Your knowledge of Parkinson’s needs to increase as quickly as possible. Another important way to increase your knowledge quickly is to participate in webinars that are put on by Parkinson’s organizations.

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List of Free, Live Webinars

Click on the links below to be directed to the organization’s webinar page.

• Michael J Fox Foundation

3rd Thursday of every month

1-800-708-7644

• Wisconsin Parkinson’s Association

Select Wednesday’s

1-414-312-6998

• American Parkinson’s Association -

Put on Education Series

1-608-345-7938