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Muscular rigidity in neck, shoulders, back - bilateral but predominantly right side.
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Pain in neck shoulders and back - bilateral but worse on right side.
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Tremor at rest in head and hands with "pill rolling" - bilateral but worse right side.
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Right shoulder largely immobile - my arm did not swing when I walked and I was unable to use the arm properly even for simple tasks.
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Right leg dragged when walking.
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Right side of face "frozen" - it did not respond when I smiled or changed expression; I tended to speak from the left side of my mouth.
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Incoherent and/or stammering speech at a low level. However I could sing quite coherently.
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Ataxia.
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Great fatigue which fluctuated to a small degree with blood sugar levels.
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I felt as if I was constantly trying to walk against the current in chest high water.
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Weakness in most muscles.
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Intermittent and fluctuating tachycardia/bradycardia/arrhythmia.
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Great difficulty in turning over in bed. I had to roll out of bed in the morning, then pull myself upright using the bed or chair.
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Simple tasks such as dressing became very slow, uncoordinated and confusing.
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Drowsiness.
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My writing had become smaller and less legible, often degenerating to an almost illegible scrawl running off the line.
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Festinating walk with a widened gait.
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Difficulty in initiating actions, e.g. rising from a chair, starting to walk, opening a cupboard.
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Elevated large toes.
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Clawed small toes.
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Poor coordination - e.g. couldn’t catch.
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Inability to carry out two simple tasks at once - e.g. walk and open bottle.
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"Freezing" - I used tricks to turn corners, walk through doorways, etc.
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Clumsiness and tendency to drop things.
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Dizzy spells, disorientation and "absences".
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My judgement of speed and distance was poor so I had difficulty crossing roads.
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Driving was risky but the only feasible means of transport.
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Twitching and spasms when relaxed - e.g. in bed.
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Intermittent back spasm.
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Reduced visual acuity - I had great difficulty reading newspapers for instance.
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Dyspnea, especially when speaking or at rest.
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Appetite fluctuations without apparent cause.
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Dysphagia - especially with cold drinks.
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Gastric reflux.
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Loss of libido and/or impotence.
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Enuresis.
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Lowered core temperature - I felt the cold much more than I used to.
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Tinnitus.