online parkinson's community

i’m very happy with my doctors. hawaii has very few neurologists who are movement disorder specialists, and of those few a couple of them don’t take my insurance or are not taking any new patients, so i feel fortunate to have one. she is wonderful when i visit but i know she is also very busy, so if i need to email or call between visits, the communication is a little on the light side.

it also seems like those of us with parkinson’s are constantly adjusting our medications as our symptoms change, so when i started having some off periods and some anxiety, i thought i’d reach out to an open forum on the parkinson’s foundation website to see what sort of feedback i could get.

wow i had no idea the collective power and wisdom i would find on them. i posted my question and got some very thoughtful and varied responses. i also posted on their ask a pharmacist forum who is moderated by Mark Comes who is a pharmacist who also has pd and received some great feedback also.

of course it doesn’t replace the advice i get from my doctors, but sometimes the best advice comes from others in your same shoes and it’s wonderful to know that our pd community is ready and waiting to help. and by the way, i was also able to help by sharing my experiences with a others posting questions. if you know of other helpful forums please post them in the comments.