As myy trip down medicine lane for mismanaged and misdiagnosed lifelong conditions it's about damn time. Enough with extreme amplifiction of pharmaceuticals and over-medicating to which I wobbly stand as a reminder iatrogenic disease is no fucking joke. aeon.co/ideas/how-gentle-med…
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It took from 1996 when I first started showing Parkinson’s symptoms until July 5, 2013 to diagnosed me with Parkinson’s. Prior to that I was misdiagnosed six times. My first experience was with my PCP who said my tremor was just nerves and not to worry about it.
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You and I are Veterans of a terrible and different kind of warfare. I've had to take Klonipin for tremors and absence seizures and it is the ONLY pharmaceutical I take regularly for any reason. I have ridiculously high tolerance for sedative medications, but most do not. :(

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One doctor gave me a medication that turns into a narcotic your bloodstream. I can’t remember the name of it. All I remember is trying it for three days and I couldn’t get used to it. When I walked down our short hallway I would hit both sides the hallway.
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Tramadol, or in some countries maybe Tapentadol. They are both narcotics with opiod features. Mixed with other drugs, potentially deadly and dangerous for those with tremors/seizures - falls, etc. Thank heavens you stopped! Was Clonazepam in the mix too? How awful for you :(
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I am the opposite of you in that I have a low tolerance for medication. Taking drugs makes me anxious.
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It appears to be genetic in origin, but green eyed red/Auburn haired women especially have frustrated anasthesiologists for a very long time. 7 surgeries, woke up every time. Once quipped 'sure this isn't the morgue?' - Surgical suites are freezing!!! :D anesthesiaexperts.com/uncate…
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