Self-medicating and microdosing my Parkinson’s

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• Achieving the Balance between Medications and Food July 22, 2015 It’s challenging being a woman with Parkinson’s for nearly two decades. On Monday, I am focused on food and medications. It entails delaying my intake of food, shopping for food, preparing meals, eating meals, washing the dishes and cleaning up the kitchen, calling the pharmacy, ordering and getting renewals for medications, picking up medications, organizing medications in the pill container…
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• Achieving the Balance between Medications and Food July 22, 2015 It’s challenging being a woman with Parkinson’s for nearly two decades. On Monday, I am focused on food and medications. It entails delaying my intake of food, shopping for food, preparing meals, eating meals, washing the dishes and cleaning up the kitchen, calling the pharmacy, ordering and getting renewals for medications, picking up medications, organizing medications in the pill container…
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