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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "will johnston" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: hypnosis Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 10:44:22 -0400 Noticed several postings on hypnosis: In our group we considered using hypnosis to simulate visual cues to aid with gait, balance & freezing. It has been known for quite a while that visual cues such as patterns on floors, etc. are an aid to walking. Tom Reise [spelling?], a california podiatrist suggested a while back on a DISCOVERY tv show using a card on a wire attached to the foot [sticking out ahead], a set of cards on a toy crawler track tractor placed in front of the eyes, or a virtual reality TV micro screen to trick the eye into seeing a series of lines or dots on the floor to simulate visual cues. Our idea was to eliminate the physical visual simulation tricks & gizmos. Use hypnotism to implant an on demand self-controlled post hypnotic suggestion to simulate in the mind visual cues needed to improve walking. We chickened out - and the local friend hypnosis therapist moved to California. As rank amateurs, we were afraid what might happen if the suggestion popped up on a stairway, etc. Will Johnston Salisbury, MD ---------- > From: Marjorie Moorefield <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: hypnosis > Date: Sunday, June 22, 1997 10:11 AM > > At 10:04 PM 6/21/97 -0400, Ken Becker wrote: > >Billy, you just bought up a good point! HYPNOTISM! That could be helpful to > >someone with PD, maybe???? I wonder if anyone has tried it to alleviate > >symptoms of PD? Ken B > > > > > Yes and No Ken, > > I did go through Hypnotherapy a number of years ago, because I spent > more time picking myself up, than doing anything else. > However, at that time,the Un. of Miami (FLA.) was still calling > my problem Cerebellar Degeneration. > > My psychologist, who was also a registered hypnotherapist, > decided that since there wasn't any medication > for CD, this balance problem I had, would have to be helped > with hypnosis, or I'd have to go into a wheelchair soon. > It did help considerably, and I haven't fallen since Feb. 19, 1996. > > I'm not so certain the psychologist would have been willing to > have done hypnotherapy, for a specific disorder, which does > have medicines available. > > The one thing I can honestly say about waiting 5 years for them > to FINALLY arrive at the correct diagnosis, is that I have NEVER > had a problem with Sinemet, I think I needed it so badly, my body > felt relieved to have some help. > > I know I certainly did. > > As Ever, > Marjorie Moorefield > just another librarian with PD, 64/9