Sunday, December 11, 2011

bipolar and PD

Dear Dr.Oku

,I am gone to research into bipolar and Parkinson's disorders

My experience why ARE the bipolar's medication after side effects SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS ARE pARKINSON'S DISORDERS'\Why Bipolar disorders is curable but not the Parkinson's disorders?THEY ARE THE SAME FAMILY WHY THEY ARE DIFFERENCES?kindly elaborateRegardsTEOKIMHOE
to help the PD patients aware the diseases and encourage to set up support groups to educate the patients and their immediate families






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Posted 28 September 2010 - 09:05 AM
Bipolar and PD are two completely different diseases.Interestingly some patients with bipolar can become Parkinsonian from chronic use of dopamine blocking drugs. Sometimes when in the manic phase the PD symptoms improve.Where they get confused is that they share a lot of the same brain circuitry.
Michael S. Okun, M.D.National Medical Director NPFUF Center for Movement Disorders & NeurorestorationRead More about Dr. Okun at: mdc.mbi.ufl.edu

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