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I See Shadow People Filed under: Parkinson's disease, Sinemet, hallucinations, humor, medications, paranormal, shadow people, vision - Carl @ 9:01 pm Tags: antiparkinson, hallucinations, medications, paranormal, Parkinson's disease, shadow people, vision problems #26 - Haunted, originally uploaded by John Martz. One of the most peculiar things about living with Parkinson's disease has to be the hallucinations. Not everybody has them. However what I can tell from the experiences of others with PD, hallucinations are the rule and not the exception. In Parkinson's disease, hallucinations are almost always of the visual type. Though usually a side effect of taking antiparkinson medications, it's often a secondary symptom of the disease itself. In my case it seems that I am never alone. I tend to see very odd shadowy figures darting around me, often looking as if they are trying to take peeks at me and then quickly hide themselves away lest I see them face-to-face. In other words, it's like dealing with my family when I make a visit to Texas. According to a publication by the National Parkinson's Foundation, hallucinations experienced by those with Parkinson's disease "may be seen darting out of the corner of the eye, or crawling bugs will be seen in pattered wall coverings or floor tiles, seeing small people, children and animals." Welcome to my world. I generally see the phenomenon known as shadow people. For you ghost hunters out there, you know what I am talking about. Now I believe these are just hallucinations, but a good friend of my who investigates the paranormal has offered an alternative explanation and way of dealing with these things. You see, there's very little I can do about the shadow people. They peak around corners and furniture. They climb up the walls. They sometimes rush up from behind me. I see them in the corner of my eye, but when I turn to them they disappear. Once in a while they will dare to prance out right in front of me, but this is very rare. I generally ignore these shadow people. In my mind they are hallucinations caused by either my antiparkinson drugs, my disease, or both. My friend who is interested in the paranormal suggests that my medication and/or the disease make me open to see what I otherwise would not be able to see. He also suggests trying to have conversations with the shadow people. I don't know if I'm ever going to have conversations with these things, but I do think I'm going to name one of them. You see, often when I'm trying to watch television one of these shadow people peaks around the corner from the hallway to look at me. It is always the same movement, always the same shadowy figure, and it always disappears when I turn to look at him straight on. I shall name him Bernie. I don't think I will talk to Bernie as Bernie has no interest in starting up a conversation with me. In fact, Bernie is starting to piss me off a little bit. I tried to watch television, and as those of you who read this blog know I have a hard time with my vision as it is. I don't need no shadow person named Bernie peeking around the corners to take my attention away from my stories to look at him when all he's going to do is disappear anyway. Should Bernie do this during some other activity, like when I'm trying to read a book, or during an infomercial, sure why not? Otherwise I'm just going to ignore him. Of course should Bernie decide to walk up to me and start a conversation, you folks will be the first to know. after, of course, I've called a priest and had my home exorcised. Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn