Living with Parkinson’s | Bryce Perry

150 minutes of exercise every week? Seriously?

When you're living with Parkinson’s, that number can feel overwhelming, especially when getting out of a chair already feels like a workout.

But what if five minutes actually counts? What if exercising from a chair is a legitimate workout? And what if the secret isn't doing more right away, but simply finding a way to begin?

In this episode of Living with Parkinson’s: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality, I sit down with Dr. Nina Mosier, physician and co-founder of Power for Parkinson’s, for Part One of a practical two-part conversation about exercise and Parkinson’s.

We talk about:

• ​ Why the recommendation of 150 minutes of weekly exercise can feel impossible• Why five or ten minutes of movement is a meaningful starting point• How to find exercises that work for your symptoms, abilities, and lifestyle• Why seated exercise is real exercise and can challenge people of different fitness levels• How medication ON and OFF periods can affect when you exercise• Why gradually increasing activity matters• Inspiring examples of people in their 80s and 90s benefiting from adapted exercise• How free online Parkinson’s exercise classes can make getting started easier

One of my favorite moments is when Nina explains that walking to the mailbox still counts.

You don't need to become an Olympic athlete. You don't need an expensive gym membership. And you certainly don't need to compare yourself to someone else's Parkinson’s journey.

You need a starting point that works for you.

We also discuss the free exercise programs offered by Power for Parkinson’s, including seated workouts, cardio, strength, coordination, and cognitive challenges.

And this is only Part One!

In the next episode, Nina and I tackle apathy, motivation, bad Parkinson’s days, and how care partners can encourage movement without turning encouragement into pressure.

Because with Parkinson’s, sometimes the biggest victory isn't finishing the workout.

It's starting.

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You know exercise matters with Parkinson’s. But what happens when you’re trying and exercise still feels almost impossible?

Maybe you work out and feel worse afterward. Maybe your OFF period arrives halfway through. Or maybe one missed workout turns into two, and suddenly your brain decides, “Well, I guess we’re done forever.”

In this episode of Living with Parkinson’s: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality, I share five exercise mistakes that can make movement harder to maintain and sometimes make symptoms feel worse. 5 Exercise mistakes Edited

We talk about:

• Exercising during your worst OFF window instead of looking for a better movement window
• Treating every workout like it has to be a good-day workout
• Ignoring the practical movements that may help with balance and fall prevention
• Telling your doctor “I exercise” without explaining what happens during and afterward
• Letting one bad exercise day become the end of the plan

One idea I especially love is having three versions of exercise:

Good day. Bad day. Minimum day.

Maybe today is the full workout. Maybe it’s ten minutes of stretching. Maybe it’s standing up five times or walking to the end of the driveway.

Modified counts.

Because consistency isn’t about doing the perfect workout every day. Sometimes it’s simply refusing to let a hard Parkinson’s day become a full stop. 5 Exercise mistakes Edited

You’ll also hear Carmen’s Care Partner Corner, where Carmen suggests replacing:

“Did you exercise today?”

with:

“What kind of movement feels possible today?”

And I give you a simple way to explain exercise problems to your doctor or physiotherapist:

“I’m trying to exercise, but I notice it feels harder when ___, and afterward my symptoms seem to ___.” 5 Exercise mistakes Edited

Because with Parkinson’s, the goal isn’t perfect.

The goal is to keep finding a way to move.

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You’re walking along just fine and suddenly your feet stop.

Your brain says GO.

Your feet say, “We’re currently unavailable. Please try again later.”

That’s Parkinson’s freezing. It isn’t hesitation, laziness, or forgetting how to walk. It can feel like your brain sent the message, but your feet never opened the email. 5 things making your freezing w…

In this episode of Living with Parkinson’s: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality, I share five things that may make freezing episodes even harder:

• Thinking freezing is a choice
• Trying to force your way through it instead of pausing and resetting
• Ignoring your personal freezing triggers like doorways, turning, crowds, or rushing
• Waiting until you freeze to figure out which cueing strategies work for you
• Letting embarrassment keep you silent about what’s happening and what actually helps

We also talk about building a freezing toolbox before you need it. Counting, rhythm, shifting your weight, stepping over a visual or imaginary line, or another cue may help different people at different times. 5 things making your freezing w…

You’ll hear Carmen’s Care Partner Corner, where Carmen explains why grabbing, pulling, rushing, or firing instructions at someone who is frozen can add even more pressure.

Her advice?

Stay calm. Ask what helps. Protect their dignity.

And I give you one sentence you can share with family and friends:

“When I freeze, I’m not choosing to stop. My brain is having trouble starting the movement, and I may need a second, a cue, or some space to reset.” 5 things making your freezing w…

Because freezing is not failure.

Sometimes your brain simply needs another route forward.

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“With Parkinson’s, medication is like coffee. It’s not about how strong it is. It’s about when you take it.”

⚠️ Important Note

This is my personal Parkinson’s journey. What works for me may not work for everyone. Parkinson’s is different for each person, and medication plans should always be discussed with your doctor or healthcare provider.

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Dyskinesia can be scary.

Your body moves without permission. People stare. You become self-conscious, and suddenly the medication helping you move today starts feeling like something you should fear tomorrow.

But after more than 15 years on levodopa, I want to have an honest conversation about that fear and why I personally do not regret starting levodopa early. dyskinesia Edited

In this episode of Living with Parkinson’s: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality, we talk about:

• What dyskinesia actually looks and feels like
• Why dyskinesia and tremor are not the same thing
• How fear of dyskinesia can influence medication decisions
• My own experience balancing levodopa, ON time, and side effects
• Why my neurologist once reduced my medication when I told him I felt 100%
• Why I still believe starting levodopa when I did gave me years of quality of life
• How tracking dyskinesia can give your neurologist better information dyskinesia Edited

The lesson my neurologist taught me took years to fully appreciate:

The goal wasn’t for me to feel perfect for one hour.

It was to help me feel good enough for as long as possible, using the medication plan that gave me useful ON time while managing side effects.

You’ll also hear directly from Carmen in Carmen’s Care Partner Corner, where she talks about protecting dignity when dyskinesia happens in public and why care partners should ask before they assume what kind of help someone wants.

And I give you a simple framework for explaining dyskinesia to your neurologist:

“I’m noticing involuntary movements around ___, usually ___ after my dose, mostly in my ___, and they seem worse when ___.” dyskinesia Edited

Because this isn’t about fearing medication or changing it yourself.

It’s about finding the best balance for your life with your healthcare team.

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“With Parkinson’s, medication is like coffee. It’s not about how strong it is. It’s about when you take it.”

⚠️ Important Note

This is my personal Parkinson’s journey. What works for me may not work for everyone. Parkinson’s is different for each person, and medication plans should always be discussed with your doctor or healthcare provider.

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Do you ever wake up feeling like the day is already mad at you?

Your feet haven’t even hit the floor. Your body is stiff, your brain is foggy, your energy is gone, and you’re thinking:

“How am I already tired? I was literally asleep.”

Welcome to Parkinson’s sleep, where being asleep and actually being restored are not always the same thing. 5 Parkinson s sleep mistakes Th…

In this episode of Living with Parkinson’s: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality, I share five sleep mistakes that may be making tomorrow harder:

• Treating sleep as separate from Parkinson’s
• Ignoring nighttime wearing OFF, stiffness, and difficulty turning in bed
• Letting bathroom trips repeatedly interrupt your sleep without looking for patterns
• Using your phone as a sleep aid when it may actually wake your brain up even more
• Not tracking what happens overnight, leaving you with nothing more specific to tell your doctor than “I’m tired”

One of the biggest takeaways is simple:

Sleeping and resting are not necessarily the same thing.

Eight hours in bed can still include stiffness, bathroom trips, medication wearing OFF, strange dreams, and long stretches staring at the ceiling. 5 Parkinson s sleep mistakes Th…

You’ll also hear Carmen’s Care Partner Corner, where Carmen shares a much better question than:

“You slept all night. Why are you tired?”

Try:

“Was your sleep restful?”

And I give you a simple sentence to take to your doctor:

“I’m noticing a pattern where I usually wake up around ___, usually because of ___, and the next morning I feel ___.”

Timing. Cause. Impact.

That gives your healthcare team something much more useful to work with than simply saying you’re exhausted.

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“With Parkinson’s, medication is like coffee. It’s not about how strong it is. It’s about when you take it.”

⚠️ Important Note

This is my personal Parkinson’s journey. What works for me may not work for everyone. Parkinson’s is different for each person, and medication plans should always be discussed with your doctor or healthcare provider.

#Parkinsons #ParkinsonsDisease #ParkinsonsIsolation #LivingWithParkinsons #ParkinsonsPodcast #ParkinsonsSupport #ParkinsonsTips

You took your medication. It kicked in. For a while, your body loosened up, your walking improved, and your brain came back online.

Then suddenly your foot starts dragging. Your body gets heavy. Your thinking slows. Your voice gets quieter.

It feels like somebody walked over and unplugged you.

That’s a Parkinson’s OFF period, and sometimes those crashes aren’t as random as they feel. 5 Mistakes Making your off time…

In this episode of Living with Parkinson’s: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality, I share five mistakes that may make OFF periods harder:

• Waiting until you’re already OFF instead of identifying when symptoms typically begin
• Ignoring food and protein timing when it may be affecting levodopa
• Forgetting that constipation and slow digestion can affect medication absorption
• Not tracking OFF periods, leaving you and your neurologist guessing
• Letting dehydration quietly amplify fatigue, constipation, lightheadedness, and other symptoms

The goal isn’t to obsess over Parkinson’s.

It’s to stop guessing.

Track for a week. Look at medication timing, meals, sleep, stress, digestion, hydration, when you go OFF, and which symptom appears first. Patterns can give your healthcare team much better information. 5 Mistakes Making your off time…

You’ll also hear Carmen’s Care Partner Corner, where Carmen talks about recognizing an OFF period without making the person with Parkinson’s feel monitored.

And I give you one sentence to take to your neurologist:

“I’m noticing a pattern where my medication seems to wear off around ___, especially when ___, and the symptoms I notice first are ___.” 5 Mistakes Making your off time…

Timing. Trigger. Symptoms.

Three pieces of information that can turn “My meds aren't working” into a much more useful conversation.

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“With Parkinson’s, medication is like coffee. It’s not about how strong it is. It’s about when you take it.”

⚠️ Important Note

This is my personal Parkinson’s journey. What works for me may not work for everyone. Parkinson’s is different for each person, and medication plans should always be discussed with your doctor or healthcare provider.

#Parkinsons #ParkinsonsDisease #ParkinsonsIsolation #LivingWithParkinsons #ParkinsonsPodcast #ParkinsonsSupport #ParkinsonsTips

Sometimes the hardest part of Parkinson’s isn’t the symptom. It’s trying to explain that symptom to someone who can’t see it.

They see you sitting there, but they don’t see the stiffness.

They see you cancel plans, but they don’t see the fatigue, anxiety, brain fog, or medication crash behind that decision.

And when someone says, “But you look fine,” they may mean well, but it can still hurt. trying to explain Parkinson s t…

In this episode of Living with Parkinson’s: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality, we talk about how to explain the invisible side of Parkinson’s without turning every family dinner into a neurology lecture.

We talk about:

• Why Parkinson’s is about much more than tremor
• Facial masking and why your expression may not match what you’re feeling
• Fatigue and brain fog and why everyday tasks can consume so much energy
• OFF times and why symptoms, mood, voice, movement, and energy can change quickly
• What family and friends can say that actually helps
• Why being believed can matter more than being completely understood

You’ll also hear Carmen’s Care Partner Corner, where Carmen gives family and friends three simple pieces of advice:

Don’t assume. Ask gently. Believe what they tell you. trying to explain Parkinson s t…

And I share one sentence I wish I’d had years ago:

“I don’t need you to fully understand Parkinson’s. I need you to believe me when I tell you what it’s doing to me.” trying to explain Parkinson s t…

Because sometimes we don’t need another explanation.

We just need the people we love to believe what they cannot see.

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“With Parkinson’s, medication is like coffee. It’s not about how strong it is. It’s about when you take it.”

⚠️ Important Note

This is my personal Parkinson’s journey. What works for me may not work for everyone. Parkinson’s is different for each person, and medication plans should always be discussed with your doctor or healthcare provider.

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Your alarm goes off. Time for another Parkinson’s dose.

But you’re at dinner, in Costco, watching a movie, at church, or having one of those rare moments when you almost forgot Parkinson’s was there.

Then the alarm sounds and suddenly your whole day stops for one tiny pill.

That’s the Parkinson’s medication clock. And if you live by it, you know it’s much more than a reminder. the medication time clock Edite…

In this episode of Living with Parkinson’s: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality, we talk about the hidden mental load of organizing life around medication.

The timing. Food. Protein. Wearing OFF. Waiting for medication to kick in. Wondering whether you already took the dose. Planning outings around your next pill.

It can feel like a full-time job you never applied for.

I share some practical things that help me, including:

• Creating a simple leaving-the-house medication kit
• Building a system around alarms instead of relying on the alarm alone
• Having one sentence ready when taking medication in public
• Planning around patterns instead of perfection
• And the most important thing I personally do every day: track what happens AFTER I take my medication the medication time clock Edite…

The timer tells me when to take the pill.

The pattern tells me whether the plan is actually working.

How long did it take to kick in? Did I feel anxious before the dose? Did food affect it? Did I wear OFF early? Was my sleep terrible the night before?

One strange day is frustrating.

Three similar days may be a pattern worth discussing with your healthcare team.

You’ll also hear Carmen’s Care Partner Corner, where Carmen talks about something we don’t discuss enough: care partners often live by the medication clock too.

Because Parkinson’s may be the diagnosis, but that little pill timer has a remarkable ability to boss around the entire household.

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“With Parkinson’s, medication is like coffee. It’s not about how strong it is. It’s about when you take it.”

⚠️ Important Note

This is my personal Parkinson’s journey. What works for me may not work for everyone. Parkinson’s is different for each person, and medication plans should always be discussed with your doctor or healthcare provider.

#Parkinsons #ParkinsonsDisease #ParkinsonsIsolation #LivingWithParkinsons #ParkinsonsPodcast #ParkinsonsSupport #ParkinsonsTips

Why did I get Parkinson’s?

It’s a question many of us ask, especially when there’s no family history and no obvious explanation.

We still don’t have one simple answer. But researchers continue finding possible pieces of the puzzle, and three of them made me stop and say WHO KNEW? Who Knew Part two may Edited Ed…

In this episode of Living with Parkinson’s: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality, we look at three fascinating areas of research:

• A usually symptomless virus called HPGV that researchers found in brain tissue from some people with Parkinson’s in a small study. This does NOT prove the virus causes Parkinson’s, but it opens some fascinating questions about viruses, immunity, genetics, and disease risk.

• Environmental exposure and dry-cleaning solvents. Chemicals including TCE and PCE have been part of the Parkinson’s risk conversation, which made me think about all those years I regularly brought dry-cleaned suits and shirts into my car, closet, and home without ever thinking about what chemicals were involved. Who Knew Part two may Edited Ed…

• Untreated obstructive sleep apnea. Research involving millions of U.S. veterans found an association between sleep apnea and later Parkinson’s risk, while treatment with CPAP was associated with a lower elevated risk. It’s another reason sleep apnea deserves to be taken seriously. Who Knew Part two may Edited Ed…

None of these gives us a simple answer to “Why me?”

Parkinson’s is complicated, and an association is not proof that something caused your disease.

But every new connection gives researchers another place to look.

You’ll also hear Carmen’s Care Partner Corner, where Carmen talks about the emotions that can surface when we start looking backward and wondering whether something could have been different.

Understanding possible risk factors isn’t about blaming ourselves.

It’s about understanding more today than we understood yesterday.

And that deserves a big:

WHO KNEW?

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“With Parkinson’s, medication is like coffee. It’s not about how strong it is. It’s about when you take it.”

⚠️ Important Note

This is my personal Parkinson’s journey. What works for me may not work for everyone. Parkinson’s is different for each person, and medication plans should always be discussed with your doctor or healthcare provider.

#Parkinsons #ParkinsonsDisease #ParkinsonsIsolation #LivingWithParkinsons #ParkinsonsPodcast #ParkinsonsSupport #ParkinsonsTips

A pen. A weekly medication injection. And... earwax?

Those are three things I never expected to put in the same Parkinson’s episode.

But researchers are exploring new ways to detect Parkinson’s earlier, deliver medication differently, and identify biological clues in some surprisingly ordinary places. who knew me part one Edited

In this episode of Living with Parkinson’s: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality, it’s WHO KNEW? Week, and we’re looking at three fascinating areas of Parkinson’s research:

• A smart pen using sensors and machine learning to analyze tiny changes in handwriting that the human eye might miss
• An experimental long-acting levodopa/carbidopa delivery system designed to release medication over several days instead of relying on pills throughout the day
• Research using AI to analyze chemical patterns in earwax as a possible future way to help identify Parkinson’s

Yes. Earwax.

Apparently Parkinson’s research has officially entered its weird-science era. 😂

These ideas are exciting, but they’re also early. The smart pen findings came from small initial testing, the long-acting medication approach still requires human trials, and the earwax research needs much more validation. None of these are ready to replace current Parkinson’s diagnosis or treatment. who knew me part one Edited

You’ll also hear Carmen’s Care Partner Corner, where Carmen explains why the possibility of longer-lasting medication delivery caught her attention.

Because the medication clock doesn’t belong only to the person taking the pills.

Care partners carry it too.

And research that could eventually create steadier medication delivery might give both people something incredibly valuable:

Breathing room.

So which one gets your biggest WHO KNEW?

The pen?

The weekly medication concept?

Or the earwax?

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“With Parkinson’s, medication is like coffee. It’s not about how strong it is. It’s about when you take it.”

⚠️ Important Note

This is my personal Parkinson’s journey. What works for me may not work for everyone. Parkinson’s is different for each person, and medication plans should always be discussed with your doctor or healthcare provider.

#Parkinsons #ParkinsonsDisease #ParkinsonsIsolation #LivingWithParkinsons #ParkinsonsPodcast #ParkinsonsSupport #ParkinsonsTips