What awful symptoms..dam!
Being a typical human..I ran down which symptoms I had even though it does not run in my faimly at all.
I am sorry for what happened to your family...because it sounds like everyone goes through it...of course the person who has it suffers the most! But the family...ah, God I hate diseases and illness.
I know they have L-Dopa but there must be some reason it can’t replace all of the dopamine that is needed...perhaps receptors are damaged too from the disease?
Or the Dopamine that can be received from medication isn’t exactly like that produced in the brain..I think I read that there are different froms of dopamine...little differences depending on where it is produced.
Again, I am sorry you guys had to go through that.
No one should have to.
But now I’m aware of the symptoms to look out for in the older members of my family.
Thank you.
Yes, L-DOPA itself gradually damages serotonergic neurons that product dopamine, and only a small amount of L-DOPA crosses the blood-brain barrier to begin with.
Thanks for your kind words. I appreciate that. And I’m glad the list of symptoms is useful in watching out for your own family members.