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It's an interesting approach. I have been trying qigong to see if it helps with parkinson symptoms. It certainly is a great stress reliever and immediately after a practice my symptoms seem relieved. I'm also about to start LSVT, a form of voice therapy which seems to be prenmised on the same approach as Mr, Meadmore's and which has had some success with people with parkinson symptoms. Probably of equal significance is the feeling of being proactive and of trying different things to prevail over the symptoms. And that approach has at least been helpful for me. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Mote <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 11:36 PM Subject: Re: Sleep and symptoms >Dear Debbie, >I really like that direction of helping symptoms. For myself, I do best when >I'm focused on the present, be it the movements of myself, the surroundings, >whatever. I feel this is the same thing as what you are saying with a >"self-conscious activity". The only way I can connect this to an "unconscious >activity" is that they are both a low-stress activity and we all know how >stress can wipe us out. >On an added note, when you talk about concentrating on the "symptoms and >going through the motions step by step" it sounds like an article on my >Webpaper by Clement Meadmore called "Overcoming Parkinson's". Readers can >find it at <http://www.cloudnet.com/~mandms/MindBody.html>. I encourage >anyone to read it and react. I'm sure it will generate opinions. > >Debbie White wrote: > >> When talking to my father tonight (caregiver to my mother Joyce, 68/1 >> year), he mentioned that he had heard that during sleep, sometimes PD >> symptoms disappear. I recall reading this on the list.I also have read and >> heard on this list that one can sometimes overcome PD symptoms (e.g., >> freezing) by concentrating on them and working them out by going through >> the motions step by step. What puzzles me is this: How is it that both >> self-conscious activity and unconscious activity can alleviate some >> symptoms? Any thoughts on this? Thanks >> >> Debbie White >> [log in to unmask] > >