Abstract
As a neurologist who has followed up countless Parkinson's patients over the last 32 years of my fifty-year career; I denied diagnosing myself with Parkinson's disease (PD), although the seldom mild involuntary "twitches" that occurred in the thumb of my right hand over a two-year period, resembled Parkinson's disease tremor. However, when these involuntary contractions became persistent; considering its similarity to characteristic resting tremor in typical PD, the positive effect of dopaminergic medications, the development of levodopa-induced dyskinesias and other non-motor symptoms, it was clear that the PD diagnosis was accurate. This situation naturally caused me anxiety, and for a year and a half, I kept my diagnosis hidden from everyone except a few close relatives. However, with the encouragement of a psychiatrist friend, when I was able to share my condition with my loved ones, I felt a relative reduction in the burden I was carrying and consequently experienced emotional relief. I am still able to carry out my daily activities independently with a rather low dose of medication, and my PD symptoms do not attract noticeable attention.
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