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-- [ From: Donna Kipp * EMC.Ver #2.01P ] -- Hi Jeffrey- I saw your name and had to reply. I hope you are enjoying CA and glad to see you are pursuing your education. I wanted to tell you about an experience I am going through right now. I was going to a psychologist who is also a hypnotherapist.for some personal problems and he mentioned that he may be able to help me with my PD. I was sceptical but open and I must report that I have been 4 or 5 times and am amazed at the control I am able to have over this disease. I am finding that a lot of the rigidity that I carry is me fighting the disease. During my sessions I am able to get relief from the rigidity. I don't have tremor at the time of the day when I see him but have been able to control it for limited periods of time at home when I do experience tremor through the meditation tecniques he has taught me that are similar to biofeedback. By limited periods I mean maybe an hour after I have finished meditating I have no or minimal tremor. I meditate a couple of times a day and it has had made a great differance in the rigidity I carry around. I used to try and control the tremor by tightening the offending body part but now I use relaxation techniques that takes longer to stop the tremor but actually keeps it away for awhile. The changes I have seen are much less rigidity and improved breathing, more control over the tremor then I have ever had, increased use of my right hand , and better posture. I am thrilled but am tempering it with my experiences of having this disease for eight years and the realization that sometimes relief can be short lived. I am very optimistic about this therapy because it is something that gets immediate results and once trained it is something you can do at home and I am finding the more I practice the better results I get. I have tried meditation before but was unable to get any meaningful results, with his help and using hypnosis as the tool I am very optimistic. A good book to read is THE RELAXATION RESPONSE I myself have not read it but the physchologist I go to has mentioned it several times. I think of you often and hope you are doing well. Donna