My husband reacts very poorly to sedation! It's like PD goes into hyper-drive and the meds don't work at all. On top of that he has vertigo. The vertigo will stick around for weeks! My husband went in for day surgery to get a Spinal Stimulator for pain control (these work wonderfully), but they had to keep him overnight and nearly a second night because he couldn't sit up, couldn't get to the restroom, couldn't get into the wheelchair to go home. Then for almost 3 weeks after, he have severe vertigo, that lessened over the 3 weeks until he was back to normal. Be careful when going under general or full anesthesia if you reacted poorly. Be sure the physicians are always informed you have PD and you react poorly.

Hi there. My experience with drs is that they tend to overmedicate. I have chosen to tolerate a little more in exchange for less meds and less side effects. Someone living with this disease is more helpful to me than someone who just knows about it.