Shadow Over My Brain: A Battle Against Parkinson's Disease

by Cecil Todes, Oliver Sachs

Written by a psychiatrist and analyst who has a personal 20-year history with Parkinson's disease, Dr Todes documents his attempts to understand the disease and control the effects through a variety of conventional and more heroic treatments including L.dopa and even foetal brain implant surgery.

Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Susan Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

My husband was diagnosed of Parkinsons disease 2 years ago, when he was 49. He had a stooped posture, tremors, right arm does not move and also a pulsating feeling in his body. He was placed on Senemet for 8 months and then Sifrol was introduced and replaced the Senemet, during this time span he was also diagnosed with dementia. He started having hallucinations, lost touch with reality. Suspecting it was the medication I took him off the Siferol (with the doctor’s knowledge) and started him on PD-5 natural herbal formula we ordered from AKNNI HERBAL CENTRE, his symptoms totally declined over a 3 weeks use of the AKANNI HERBAL Parkinson's disease natural herbal formula. He is now almost 51 and doing very well, the disease is totally reversed!  (Visit w w w.aknniherbscentre .com)

[Carl Jamieson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book while researching Parkinson's Disease for my own novel, The Patmos Revelation. It is a gritty and self-analytical account of the disease, which helped me understand the illness.