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Downs and Ups (June & August 2025)

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Take 2.  I started this post in June, but it never quite got finished (it's now August) - but it feels important to pick it up, and shake off the dust and try again.   No Worries - Calm Evening at Sumburgh Head In previous posts I've talked about some of this physical symptoms of Parkinson's, this is (I think) the first time I've focussed on one of my mental health symptoms. Anxiety.  I started writing the post just after I returned to Shetland after visiting REGEN in Boario, and seeing my (stand-in) neurologist in Oxford for my 'annual' check up. At the check up I reported on what I can only describe as an anxiety (or panic?) attack.   It wasn't a 'dramatic' episode but came from having a bad feeling that I'd left the cooker on when I closed up the house to head into London to catch the Eurostar to Paris.  Yes, I know everyone has worries like this - but I was getting to the stage of trying to figure out if I had time to go home, check the cooke...