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Scott: Even before I got to the bottom of your post I was thinking blood pressure. I don't have PD. (I am on this list because my mother has it.) But I take a medication for blood pressure and sometimes it gets too low, especially right after I get out of bed or after using the bathroom. My doctor showed me how to raise my blood pressure quickly when I feel faint and it really works. Make fists with both hands (just one if you need to hold on to something for balance) and squeeze as hard as you can. It takes just a couple of seconds. I hope that helps. Lenny Soffer On Sunday, August 26, 2012, Scott Burnett wrote: > Hi Nigel and everybody > My balance problems seem pretty severe to me, but how do they > compare to other PWP? When I have fallen, it's almost always right after I > stand up from a sitting position. i have climbed out of the front seat of > our car, walked 50-75 feet towards the store and then had my dizzy spell. > The dizzy spell can hit fast but about half the time I can feel it coming > on and clutch my wife's arm and get to a place I can sit. Much worse are > the ones where my eyes roll back in my head and I go shuffling off/ The > shuffle is a Parkie standard; short choppy steps, torso gradually catching > up and passing the feet, leading to the inevitable crash. It's actually a > great way to get to know people. Although my wife has made the most > catches, total strangers have lent a hand 4 or 5 times. My Nuero, Dr. J > Chan of Stockton, CA thinks it is related somehow to a blood pressure drop > i frequently experience. which may or may not be caused by my mediacations. > Does this sound like your experience? > > Scott Burnett > aka Pdman195 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > -- Lenny Soffer 1501 Franklin River Forest, IL 60305 (W) 773-834-2176 (H) 708-366-6568 (C) 708-217-9939 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn