So the medication that treats the jerky motions of Parkinson’s cause its own jerky motions? Is that correct?
Yes.
The loss of dopamine impacts a whole range of issues like memory, stiffness, balance.
Dopamine is also involved in starting physical movements, which is why many Parkies seem to get “stuck” when they try to walk or begin other activities.
Most of the jerky or repetitive motions are caused by their Parkinson's medication.
Parkinson’s causes rythmic tremors that are about 2 tremors per second mostly at rest. The dyskinesia is another problem of slower, jerkier movements. I can do most anything anyone else can do except hold my left hand still. When I move, it’s as smooth as before. The meds pretty much eliminate the stiffness but I can’t tolerate the dosage required to end the tremors without the dyskinesia, which is worse than the tremors.