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• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 8-12 years >> Richard - Interview 46 >> Richard admitted that he had become uncharacteristically promiscuous since taking a dopamine agonist.

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• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> DBS >> Joe - Interview 32 >> Joe experienced a kind of compulsive behaviour which seemed to him excellent till he was warned off it.

Joe developed Parkinson’s disease while in his 40’s. Deep Brain Stimulation when he was 60 produced a dramatic improvement in his symptoms.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 8-12 years >> Alun - Interview 24 >> Alun finds his compulsive symptoms harder to explain than his Parkinson’s but was relieved to find someone who had also experienced this.

Alun was diagnosed nine years ago. Physically, his mobility is most affected now. He has experienced obsessive compulsive disorder from the medication he has taken.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 2 years or under >> Elaine - Interview 34 >> Elaine’s partner has commented that she is shopping a lot.

Elaine was diagnosed abut 6 months ago though some of her symptoms had been coming on for several years. Many of the problems she had had have improved since she began on medication.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 5-7 years >> Gina - Interview 41 >> Gina’s doctor asked if she had noticed anything unusual like gambling but she denied it. By the time of her next appointment 1 year later she was £75,

After Gina was put on Ropinerole she started gambling on the internet and lost large sums of money. There was no indication at that time on the leaflet that came with the medication that gambling might be a problem.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 5-7 years >> David - Interview 43 >> David’s first dopamine agonist caused hypersexuality. When he was changed to another type he developed compulsive gambling.

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.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 5-7 years >> David - Interview 43 >> David fears that a drug could so manipulate his identity that he is willing to forego certain improvements in his symptoms rather than risk it happeni

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.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 3-4 years >> Helen - Interview 40 >> Helen's compulsive shopping turned into secret online gambling with disastrous consequences.

Helen was 33 when she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. 6 years later her symptoms were well controlled and she was on Rotigotine patches she began secretly gambling on line. When she admitted this and was taken off the patches she quickly lost the urge to gamble.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 3-4 years >> Helen - Interview 40 >> Helen couldn’t at first own up to her secret gambling; it was a huge relief when eventually she did.

Helen was 33 when she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. 6 years later her symptoms were well controlled and she was on Rotigotine patches she began secretly gambling on line. When she admitted this and was taken off the patches she quickly lost the urge to gamble.