Im 46 and have been diagnosed with YOPD since March. Ive been taking ropinirole and madopar and found it helped with my symptoms. I have a left hand tremor, weakness down my left side, anxiety and depression, sleepless nights but also vivid dreams and lashing out when I do tend to fall asleep, constipation, stiffness in my joints and a gait. Ive had a normal datscan which my consultant has told me to ignore and still insists on the clinical diagnosis and so just to see what happens has asked me to reduce my ropinirole for 4 weeks just to see if my symptoms get worse due to the med reduction, which they have. The thing ive noticed is though is an increase in brain lag, not soaking in information, or mishearing things regularly like my brain is buffering, its somethingi noticed before but never connected it to my diagnosis and noticed it worse since reducing my meds, does anyone else suffer with this too.
Hi @Lee80, we are sorry to hear of your diagnosis and sorry to hear how your symptoms have been affecting you. We understand how difficult and frustrating it can be and we are here to help.
We have a free, confidential helpline available on 0808 800 0303 you can call where our specialists will be more than happy to answer your questions, offer you advice and can signpost you to support that’s available to you.
Please do take care and reach out if there is anything we can do.
Parkinson’s UK Moderation Team 
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