Has anyone had or have compulsive buying also known as Punding
I have spent a lot of money collecting Pub Mirrors mainly with a whisky theme (this is my main purchasing)
I also purchase Train Sets which i don't open and hide around the house
My latest fancy is toy Police Cars Corgi of course. My wife has asked me to stop buying but i always say No
Has anyone out there had or have the same problem
i would say yes to that was on pramipexole at the start of my parkinsons 7yrs ago.bought lots of stuff on ebay 50" plasma tv.started gambling on internet ,thousands..finally told wife and consultant,pd nurse helped.those were the bad days dont go there discuss it quickly with gp,pd nurse.
Definitely do not go there. Same thing happened to me 7 years ago, have been to hell and back. Even had to go through bankruptcy and then rebuild my life again.Please, please, please, tell your consultant now , don't hesitate, get help immediately.
hi angel.
thats what i had to do ,bankruptcy its not good !
angel/gus
Thank you for your response seems like you are no strangers to this problem.
my wife now knows about the train sets and cars.
Her response was "lets build the train sets" and don't buy any more until we contact the parkinson's nurse
I thought she would go through the roof,this on top of the mirrors
i am agitated but i will hold on
Its good your wife knows ,i take it you have explained to her it could be to do with your meds & parkinsons.
As soon as my specialist heard about my spending he was surprised and asked why they had not picked up on it sooner. After talking it over with my Parkinson's nurse he changed the dosage of my pills.
within days i had stopped spending. the sad part, for me, i also stopped writing
Glad to hear you have the spending under control. It is a shame about the writing though.
There may be other drugs that will bring the writing back. I am trying to take advantage of ever skerrick of creativity that comes my way, but it has slowed down to a drip since the cold weather set in and muscle tension increased.
What did the specialist replace the extra dosage with?
can they not put you on different meds,my pd nurse & nero consultant changed my meds when they heard about my spending!
have i got it right changed dosage / not meds ! if so i do not understand,i would go back and tell them that your writing is now affected its not right !
alas creativity and obsessive behaviour are closely linked by excessive neural activity. I have an enormous urge to by guitars which i sublimate into buying picks. much cheaper. i have stopped Writing poems but stiill write stories and plays,though not as obsessively
A Happy New Year to everyone
My problem at present is I do not know who my PD nurse is as the one I had has moved on and my PD specialist has retired.
A Plus side I found a drop in centre locally and they are a great bunch of people. Mainly Parkinson sufferers and some carers. I have started writing again and am trying to write a book.
Turnip keep fighting the urge.
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Hi All
Its been a long time since i contacted the forum.
I have a new Parkinsons nurse but i still dont have a specialist.
I have got worse Tremors and body twitching,fast to anger especially with family members
The buying impulse is still under control
Turnip i hope you are still fighting the urge
Due to taking a DA (Ropinirole) I have racked up a significant debt on my credit card due to compulsive spending. My weakness is for grooming/shaving products and was spending hundreds on expensive shaving soaps, creams and safety razors. I managed to curb this by:
1) Speaking to my Neurologist who stopped the DA.
2) Recognising that this was as a result of the Meds and was potentially destructive.
3) Growing a beard!
This is always a bad subject for me as if I had not finally had my eyes opened I would be alone, the reason, obsessive compulsive behaviour, like you sir I built and dismantled a huge model railway in my loft and purchased 10 Locomotives in one day plus hundreds of all types of rolling stock, at the same time, I was buying 1/50 scale die cast trucks buses construction eqpt , and these not being the same scale as the oo size used on my layout so I was purchasing to feed both scales, at the last count over £2.250 s worth, oh and im forgetting the £984s worth of die cast 1/72, 1/48/ 1/24 scale aircraft,, then add on about 150 unmade plastic kits of many scales, about £400 there, not forgetting my whiskey collection £ 1.200 or so at this point I gave up doing the audit but theres a lot of stuff, then the worst part of this horrible affliction hypersexuality, now I dont claim to be a angel, re sex, when I was normal once a week or twice even and we were both happy, my dear wife thought all her birthdays had arrived at once when the drugs began to warp my mind from once a week to three times or four even per night became the norm, then came experimenting, god we tried everything I became so skilled through experimenting we started down a route I really wish we had not, first it was a trusted mate, and when my wife began to grow weary of all this hyperactivity I did not and well if you can imagine then x 10 that would be near enough, so spoke to my PD Specialist and a drug change was carried out then virtually over night I reverted to type,, which I was fine with but my wife was not ,,well I did not know how things were going to pan out at that time, guys were visiting and things happened im not proud of, but finally stability returned although I am plagued with jealousy a pointless stupid emotion and it has caused a few problems I can tell you, though the more stable we are the less the silly jealousy is occuring, so it would seems we are through the worst I hope.
So please please go tel your nurse or Prof, tell someone you do not want to lose everything as I almost did.
Best wishes FED4
SHOULD ADD that the hyper thing has been a bit bothersome of recent, but my L ady is past that marker now , so from norm to hyper to norm to zilch sad eh, such is the wreckage parky and the drugs to fight it can bring down upon us, take care.
FED4
Thank you for the reply, it's always comforting and reassuring to know that you're not the only one and that others know exactly where you're coming from.
Unfortunately for me, I did lose everything dear to me - My home, wife, stepdaughter and cats and not to mention my money and possessions. Apart from the spending, I developed hypersexuality and indulged my insatiable appetite elsewhere. The deception, lies and cunning were so out of character for me, to me I felt invincible, like nothing could touch me and that what I was doing was somehow right and justified. Not surprisingly and deservedly, my wife threw me out over a year ago and started divorce proceedings, there were chances of a reconciliation but my DA distorted behaviour and perception put paid to that.
When my Decree Nisi came through in May, this coincided with my Consultant stopping the DA. Within a week, the old me returned and since then I have been plagued by guilt and remorse over what I have lost. I cannot forgive myself for what I have done - we were only married for seven months but the DA's messing with my head destroyed everything. Why is it with PD that the meds are often worse than the condition?
Well what can I say, sorry just wont cover it will it, I could so easily have been there with you in the same hell of losing everything you care about, but I am so so sorry not just for you but your poor wife and family also who winessed your plummet to destruction , there is the argument of well it serves you right, I used to say if you dont stop your going to lose her if you read some of my other posts you will see what I mean, if I had lost her I would last about a week, then it would be the next dimension for old FED. And I mean that as here would be no reason to hang around, I wish I could help you but no one can only you can attempt to rebuild, I wish you all the good things sir, you will need them
FED4
I've taken some positive steps to beat the spending. I have destroyed my credit card and have consolidated my overdraft and credit card debt into a 2 year loan which is affordable and more importantly is at a much much lower interest rate which means I will save hundreds by not having to incur interest at the previous rates.
