For those who care for someone with Parkinson's disease
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This morning, I had my first visit with a counselor....stress management! My blood pressure goes down, then up, so my primary care made me an appointment! If anyone is interested, I will be happy to revisit to tell you her "take" on how to manage. I go back on April 21 to start to learn to "let go" of things I cannot change and ways to cope. She says she has strategies that are specifically geared towards helping to handle the stress of being a caregiver! I had to do something...my life is not normal! She was correct about one thing...I cannot go on like this, but I cannot change a chronic illness, so I need to find ways to decompress! |
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| I think quite a few of us would like to hear her strategies for coping with our stress. |
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| Yes, that could be so helpful, thanks! |
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I would love to hear the strategies. When I worked in a high stress job each desk kept a bottle of bubbles for us to blow when things became crazy. lol. I really don't know if it helped but it was fun. I was counseled about 20 yrs ago b/c of stressing out and I learned how to not try to control other people but somehow PD is different. I let go of control but now b/c of dementia I've had to take it back and "I don't want to take it back". My life isn't even as bad as some of yours but I struggle too. We need all the help we can get don't we? |
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| Sorry to not follow up, more Dr visits. The cardiologist is VERY pleased like am going! More after next week! |
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| Yes, I'm very interested in learning how to cope with the PD and the dementia moments. Thank you for sharing the knowledge you learn. |
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| Looks like a lot of us are going to be waiting anxiously for any tips. |
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| Not to do with the stress of a caregiver.. Yet !! I suffer badly from stress and on antidepressants so just recently I took the plunge and saw a clinical hpynotherapist . And I've got to say it has been fantastic . We talked for an hour and pinpointed some main issues for me and then she made a disc for me to listen to at home . It's 20 mins long. It's also on my iPad and iPhone. . It can be a bit tricky finding the time I must admit when the house is very quiet. I turn all the phones off and tv . Usually do it in the arvo when he is asleep . But truely just that 20 mins of meditation every day has been been a big help. It's nothing deep .i had watched people get hypnotised on cruise ships and thought nope never doing that .😀 But like I said this is deep meditation and thankfully it's working for me |