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• 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 >> 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.

• 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.