. Therapies that focus on conversion of Glutamate to GABA, leading to normalcy of symptoms are mostly palliative and not curative.
Fascinating. It is wonderful to see how a brilliant MD functions when the reigns of Big Pharma are removedf! You are allowed to think, and your knowledge base is pretty wonderful.
7. Withdrawal occurs with ANY psychostimulants.
Before reading this, my wife and I stopped our coffee drinking cold turkey. NO HEADACHE.
I think this latest experience proves that the material in the Medical Medium books is accurate. The above quoted Medial Medium passage implied that caffeine blocked dopamine, and other brain hormones (causing the body to try an make more) and that this dopamine loss when coffee was withdrawn was the reason for the "brutal" withdrawal symptoms. The oracle did not recommend, but I got the idea to, take extra dopamine as we stopped the coffee; and it was miraculous. I was able to stop my wife and my coffee drinking - without any apparent withdrawal symptoms, i.e. NO headache!
For the record, this was the brand I happened to have and used:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ANRU92/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The intriguing aspect is that first night, of not having any coffee or caffeine, my wife "woke up." Something like the movie "The Awakening". It was like she had come out of a daze, She was more conscious and started talking like I hadn't see her do in years. As if what the Medical Medium said about caffeine HARMING the brain, causing an adrenaline response to keep the brain from injury, is true. And IMO now, nobody with Parkinson's should be should be drinking coffee, especially with the knowledge how to mitigate the withdrawal/dependency. A little bit of dopamine supplement..
Now, our neurologist at the last visit diagnosed two conditions, Parkinson's and a kind of palsy, so the awakening was obviously in her awareness, but not yet in her motor skills. They do say it can take about 2 weeks (months?) for the brain to adjust to not having to deal with the caffeine poison daily.
I have gotten far enough in the Brain Saver book to learn that both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's are both caused by heavy metals. A fun fact is that most pharmaceuticals contain both heavy metals AND caffeine.
You eDOC have explained at least one of the components in the Medical Medium's Parkinson's Protocol:
GABA: 1 250-milligram capsule twice a day
Some other interesting components that may be related:
Kava Kava: 1 capsule (or dropper of a tincture) twice a day
L-glutamine: 2 capsules twice a day
Melatonin: work up to 20 milligrams at bedtime daily.