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My HWP is on stalevo which makes BP drop dangerously low! Maybe mucuna can help.

Just curious as it seems like there are so many new people joining this site each day. Bean

When I die I won't be posting any longer but my wife will post a brief message saying something like he's gone ! However .........

If you make weekly visits to an elderly friend living alone with failing health you're likely to notice when they die but what about on line ? You may have conversed for years knowing only their name on a forum. No address to write, No email, No phone, some knowledge of family and friends but no way of contacting any of them and one day they're gone. Silence. No… read more

I thought there were 5 stages. However I’ve seen newer members describe their PD diagnosis as mild, medium or severe.

My husband is really apprehensive about having knee replacement surgery. He is afraid he won't come out of it and/or the PD will be worse.

I posted this already but not sure where! Sorry! But how are y’all managing meds for orthostatic hypotension? We’re all over the place trying to get stable BP started with midodrine for several months but BP spiked and became erratic. Now trying very expensive droxidopa . Now at 200 mg still too low. Thx for sharing experiences!

My neurologist says I have DIP. Does anybody else out there have the same diagnosis? I would like to hook up with fellow DIPper to compare medications that might be suspect. My doctor suspects Vraylar, Lithium, and Clonazepam the latter of which I'm weaning off now.
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