All of these symptoms would come and go. Some lasting for weeks or months while others lasted for years before going away. That's one reason I am having a problem figuring out if any of this is related. I would think once you have a certain symptom you would continue to have it. Maybe not all the time, but it should pop back in now and again wouldn't you think?
I'll start with the weirdest first and I guess it could be classified under vivid dreams. About 10 years before I was diagnosed, I was terrorized by dreams about spiders. Not a dream where something was happening and spiders were in there too. No, these were dreams of me lying in bed and seeing spiders dropping down from the ceiling onto the covers. I would jump out of bed throw the covers back and flick the light on. My heart would feel like it was coming out of my chest as I agonized over where they went. Surprisingly, this would wake my wife up every time. She would calmly tell me it was just a dream and go back to sleep, but it was so real I'd be up for a while. This would repeat a couple times a month for about a year and then they thankfully stopped. I remember telling my Mom about this and she said dreams about spiders aren't a good sign. They usually mean something bad is about to happen. Once again, Mom you were right!
If that wasn't strange enough, keep reading, I only get weirder from here.
A lot of research is coming out about how Parkinson's affects the eyes. This one I haven't shared with anyone before now because it is so strange. Picture yourself driving down a country road and everything seems fine as you stare straight ahead. Then suddenly, everything in your field of view rotates to the right about 30 degrees. You were looking straight down the road before but now you are looking at the left shoulder of the road. Keep in mind you never moved your eyes or your head. Its just that the spot you were focused on has been picked up and moved. It would be like you are staring at this blog then suddenly the scene rotates and you're staring at your left arm yet you never moved anything. It's only happened twice, thankfully, and I have no idea if it's related to Parkinson's, but it would be interesting to find out.
There were more strange things happening to me prior to diagnosis that to this day remain unexplainable. I'll share just a couple more at the risk that by confessing any additional publically the men with the white suits may come and toss me into the back of a rubber truck. (Yes, that was a MASH reference), I don't know if these symptoms will ever be linked to Parkinsons or anything else for that matter, but they happened. Things like sweating profusely but just under one arm. Luckily for me (and anyone that stood near me) this only lasted a short time. Also, allergies that have seemed to have come and gone are another one.
I should retitle the main blog "The weirdness that is Parkinson's". Or, maybe this isn't related at all and I'm just a little batty, but seems odd that all these symptoms would attack an otherwise healthy person.
P.S. Four shopping days left till Christmas. Remember when Sundays weren't counted in the shopping days calculation?
