Cognitive and Non-motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

My father had Parkinson’s, it paralyzed him. He had most the symptoms you described but was never diagnosed with Parkinson’s till in one day he could not move , eat, nor talk, then a neurologist diagnosed him after which I learned it ran in our family thru great grandfathers an distant cousins but not our down line then all these symptoms which seemed to be separate, all made sense, he should have been treated for Parkinson’s years ago but was not, he even had tremors in his hands at one point, then it stoped? Till he was not able to move, talk, in one day, he lived for four years after that day, as his caretaker it would have been nice to have a support group an doctors that understand his disease, it still upsets me now when I watch an learn how much info is now available an how my dad could have been helped better instead of dealing with stuff that just happened in a day without any warning. The medical field really need to get it together so ppl do not fall through the cracks an miss valuable treatment. Such as my dad. An he was a welder as if that did not increase the chances of Parkinson’s. I only wish I knew then what I know now.

This makes so much sense of the problems I’ve been experiencing. Thank you

I was thinking about the Other symptoms 😂😂 and found this very helpful😊

You need to get to the exercises immediately

Once again, this is Dave Olsen you talk on the nonmotor symptoms was very good. I got a lot of insight. Thank you so much for all that you do. I asked the question recently right above this one and I hope you can give me an answer. Thank you so so much. It’s nice to hear that people are thinking of us, this is life-threatening but it’s extremely annoying and it affects me every day. Thanks again for all that you do.

Thank you!

Amazing! No words

Excellent presentation ... !

That was excellent !,,

Very informative, thanks!

I have Parkinson for 15 years with only medication to take care of symptoms. No drooling but I have a feeling of throat dryness. Gait is ok for now but there is less of urination Cognitive problems are beginning were a memory problem I have a thinking problem, dementia started. But the major problem I have is that I am permanently in depression (bipolar.). I have no job, used all my resources and am worried. I am in India( Faridabad) and i am looking for assistance.

Thanks Benzi, Mother got PD, it explains everything for me as a caregiver

Learning all you can about PK is the beginning to managing effective caregiving for a loved family member. thank you. This helped with understanding non-motor symptoms.

Absolutely inspirational - so moving , left me in floods of tears but also with the resolve to stay as fit as possible.

Excellent information! Thank You.

Thanks a lot for this upload! A family member was diagnose one year ago and this video was very helpful.

I want to appreciate Dr.Madida from youtube whom helped me reversed all the neurological symptoms of Parkinson disease.

This was very helpful. I have PD and have prisms in both lenses. I have illusions and several other things you talked about. It will help me with my next neurologist appointment.

Felt better after listening. Thank you.

This was a good overview. As a caregiver, the problems that I’ve found the most difficult to deal with is the Apathy (getting him to exercise), the impulse control disorder (overspending and accumulating mounds of credit card debt due to multiple subscriptions), and coping with his incontinence which I’m not sure about. Is incontinence related to the Parkinson’s dementia? He had the prostate obstruction surgery so that is not an issue now. The other difficult issues which I dealt with was a complete lack of filtering what he will say. He is so negative now compared to how he used to be. Is that the dementia? I was in such denial about what was taking place because he seemed to function cognitively well at times. He has the best docs, the best doses of meds, and the best medical care. I have been through many of the phases of the disease you have discussed but the dementia has been so insidious and devastating to him and myself, emotionally and financially. I wish doctors would pull the caregiver aside and explain this more when they see it.