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• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> Over 12 years >> Tom - Interview 06 >> Tom explains the difference for him between getting stuck in doorways and going up stairs or catching a ball.

Tom was 27 when he was diagnosed. His medication includes levodopa. He experiences ‘on’ and ‘off’ periods most days. During the on period he may also have dyskinesia. He set up the Cure Parkinson’s Trust.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> Over 12 years >> Tom - Interview 06 >> Short section on film of Tom playing with a golf club and then with a football.

Tom was 27 when he was diagnosed. His medication includes levodopa. He experiences ‘on’ and ‘off’ periods most days. During the on period he may also have dyskinesia. He set up the Cure Parkinson’s Trust.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 5-7 years >> Karen - Interview 12 >> Karen describes various problems with movement which occur on ‘bad days’.

Karen was 34 when she first started having symptoms down the right side of her body. She experiences a lot of freezing and festination and some dyskinesia.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 5-7 years >> Fred - Interview 30 >> Fred describes what he has been told to do to avoid festination.

Diagnosed with Parkinsonian syndrome 5 years ago. This condition is only partially responsive to Dopamine and is therefore difficult to treat. In spite of a steady deterioration in his condition Fred remains active and cheerful.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 3-4 years >> Philip - Interview 36 >> Philip describes some of the situations where he has experienced festination and some of the reasons it might happen at some times and not others.

Since Philip was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 4 years ago he has always felt uncertain which of his symptoms were caused by this and which were due to the pain he gets from a severely arthritic hip.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 5-7 years >> David - Interview 43 >> David describes festination, what provokes it and what he needs to do to avoid it.

When David was diagnosed with PD he was put on Requip (ropinirole). When he realized that he had a problem with hypersexuality he was changed onto Mirapaxin. He then got disastrously involved in gambling. Now he no longer takes dopamine agonists and no longer experiences any compulsive tendencies.