I am a 45yo man. When I was 31 I was
diagnosed with Parkinsons. This, the
doctor, based on the PK symptoms I had
described. So, I was prescribed Synemet. I
remember the immediate help this provided
me, and has since. I still need to take it
every day (four doses). However by the
time I was in my late thirties the doctors
began scratching their heads as my
parkinson's hadn't progressed at all, and
basically re-diagnosed me as having a
"Synemet responsive dystonia", and this is
where I am today. Over the last year or
so, I began wondering (after considering
that the medical industries primary
objective is to throw drugs at everything)
if it were just possible, that this
dopamine deficiancy that I have could be
an allergic reaction to something I am
consuming every day. This has been
weighing on my mind for some time now
after hearing from a friend who suffered
for years with something completely
different. He'd been to doctor after
doctor as they seemed to invent new
medications that never helped him. After
ten years of this, he went to a
nutritionist and discovered that he was
alergic to Wheat germ all along, and now
is living his normal life drug free (and
wheat germ free, I suppose). Is it
possible that I too, am just having a
reaction like that? Could I be alergic to
something as seemingly harmless as milk
fat, that if I just removed it from my
diet everything would start working
normally? I live in Tacoma Washington, is
there a great nutritionist you'd recomend
me seeing here in Tacoma? Or even Seattle?
I am six feet tall and weigh 175 lbs.
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bakin_april
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I am a 45yo man. When I was
31 I was diagnosed with Parkinsons. This,
the doctor, based on the PK symptoms I had
described. So, I was prescribed Synemet. I
remember the immediate help this provided
me, and has since. I still need to take it
every day (four doses). However by the
time I was in my late thirties the doctors
began scratching their heads as my
parkinson's hadn't progressed at all, and
basically re-diagnosed me as having a
"Synemet responsive dystonia", and this is
where I am today. Over the last year or
so, I began wondering (after considering
that the medical industries primary
objective is to throw drugs at everything)
if it were just possible, that this
dopamine deficiancy that I have could be
an allergic reaction to something I am
consuming every day. This has been
weighing on my mind for some time now
after hearing from a friend who suffered
for years with something completely
different. He'd been to doctor after
doctor as they seemed to invent new
medications that never helped him. After
ten years of this, he went to a
nutritionist and discovered that he was
alergic to Wheat germ all along, and now
is living his normal life drug free (and
wheat germ free, I suppose). Is it
possible that I too, am just having a
reaction like that? Could I be alergic to
something as seemingly harmless as milk
fat, that if I just removed it from my
diet everything would start working
normally? I live in Tacoma Washington, is
there a great nutritionist you'd recomend
me seeing here in Tacoma? Or even Seattle?
I am six feet tall and weigh 175
lbs.
For my own info I've read a little about
dopamine and haven't run across any
reference to an allergen association. But
anything is possible, you could get a work
up from an ent or allergist.
My preliminary dx is essential tremor or
early-onset PD (thus my interest in the
dopamine process). I finally see a neuro
next week.
There's a site called wemove .org that
I've gained lots of info from. Very
informative, it covers many of these
conditions. They have a discussion board
that would be more geared to your question
and condition. They also have a pretty
active chat room. You might check it out
if you get a minute.
btw You may be able to get a referral to
a nutritionist from your PCP, however, you
might want to get the allergy testing for
a start.
