I’ve found that so many Parkinson’s based sites are quite medical/analytic, and as a caregiver of a mom who suffered with PD–and Alzheimer’s, I needed support, encouragment, and direction to make it through each day.

I’ve also always been fascinated with anything pyschologically based–I’m the armchair psychologist/writer/theologian, and this site will be great to explore.

My mother had a lot of anxiety and paranoia all her life, and I do see a connection with neurological based disorders and earlier pre-cursors. Most people observe these “ticks” as personality quirks and make remarks such as, “Mom’s always been fussy, irritable, worried about being robbed, etc.”

I am now convinced of a connection–between the way she “was” and what disease finally snagged her.

Of course, this makes me speculate about my own “ticks,” but that’s when good ole’ denial comes in quite nice.

~Carol D. O’Dell
http://www.mothering-mother.com
Author of Mothering Mother: A Daughter’s Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir, available on Amazon and in most bookstores