Text item: Milo, Thank you for your input; I will pass it on to my father. This is exactly the kind of thing that we should all be sharing with each other, so I will copy this to the list also. Thank you again and best wishes to you. Carrie Carrie, Angwin is a small unincorporated community around the college here, Pacific Union College, where I was a teacher for 25 yrs. It is located in Napa county about 70 miles North of San Francisco. I will try to summarize my tricks. First, I noticed that when my feet were separated in the direction of travel, I could always take off. So if I could notice and try to remember to stop with my feet separated like when I am taking a step, it helps to enable me to start. This also explains why I can walk even though I have difficulty starting. My analysis is that when walking I shift my weight to the forward foot, this releases the other foot which then swings like a pendulum. I calculated the period of the compound pendulum (my leg) and I found that it does correspond to the rate of my steps when walking, which leads me to think that my explanation is correct. If I get stopped with my feet together, I do not think "walk", I think "move the foot slightly forward". When separated sufficiently, than I can take off. All of this means to me that the automatic mode no longer works well. I must use the conscious thought to make things work the way it used to do. I find that another factor is posture. I cannot move if my shoulders are stooped and I am not standing up straight. If I am standing straight and my feet are together and I am frozen, I can also release myself sometimes by just lifting my leg as if I were trying to climb a ladder. Permax is one that I have not tried. I will investigate that one. Thanks for your response. ---Milo Milo V. Anderson, Ph.D. Box 417 Angwin, CA 94508 VOICE 707 965-2508 EMAIL [log in to unmask] On Mon, 12 Jun 1995, Carrie Barrott wrote: > > Text item: > > Dr. Anderson, > > I do not have PD, but my father does. I would be interested in hearing > from you about the "tricks" you have developed to deal with your > freezing episodes. > > My dad is 59 years old and was diagnosed with PD eight years ago, > although he exhibited certain symptoms for years before that. He has > recently been taking Permax which he says has given him back his > personality. He also says that he feels 15 years younger. You may want > to speak with your neurologist about this medication. > > Where exactly is Angwin? My parents live in Sunnyvale and my sister in > Los Altos. > > Carrie Barrott > Text item: External Message Header The following mail header is for administrative use and may be ignored unless there are problems. ***IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS SAVE THESE HEADERS***. Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> In-Reply-To: <Mon, 12 Jun 95 09:36:01 [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: new member introduction To: Carrie Barrott <[log in to unmask]> From: Milo Anderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 11:08:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mandrson@localhost) by ecf2.puc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA12086; Mon, 12 Jun 1995 11:08:20 -0700 Received: from ecf2.puc.edu by hermes.intel.com (5.65/10.0i); Mon, 12 Jun 95 11: 08:20 -0700 Received: from hermes.intel.com by relay.hf.intel.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #2) id m0sLDuT-000qE8C; Mon, 12 Jun 95 11:08 PDT