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Does DBS help with fatigue?

A MyParkinsonsTeam Member asked a question 💭
Troy, MO
February 20, 2023
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A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member deep brain simulation

February 20, 2023
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

I have DBS and also suffer from fatigue. I still take Sinemet although not as much as I did before the procedure. I exercise 4 times a week and that seems to help with my tiredness. I have come to accept the fatigue as caused mainly from the medication.

February 21, 2023
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

Oh ok

February 20, 2023
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

What is DBS?

February 20, 2023

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