About this Series
The Surprising Facts videos are short, focused education clips designed to make Parkinson;s information easier to understand and less overwhelming. Each video highlights one topic at a time, so you can watch in any order, rewatch as needed, and stop whenever you've learned enough for now. These videos are meant to support understanding and better conversations with your healthcare team-not to replace medical care.
Surprising Parkinson's Facts
Short videos and printable guides explaining symptoms and daily challenges that patients and caregivers are often not told about early.
Symptoms People Often Misunderstand About Parkinson's (Weeks 1-9)
🧠Wk 1—Early Non-Obvious Symptoms
🧠Wk 2—Tremor vs Non-Tremor Symptoms
🧠Wk 3—Dystonia vs Dyskinesia
🧠Wk 4—Freezing vs Hesitation
🧠Wk 5—Rigidity, Pain & Internal Tremor
🧠Wk 6—Medication, Treatment & Myths
🧠Wk 7—Fatigue, Energy Loss & Exhaustion
🧠Wk 8—Non-Obvious Symptoms
🧠Wk 9—Mood
Daily Living & Safety
(Weeks 10-18)
🧠Wk 10—Freezing of Gait in Daily Life
🧠Wk 11—Fall Risk & Balance Issues
🧠Wk 12—Home Safety & Adaptations
🧠Wk 13—Bathroom & Night Safety
🧠Wk 14—Public Mobility Challenges
🧠Wk 15—Driving Considerations
🧠Wk 16—Heat Intolerance
🧠Wk 17—Energy Conservation Strategies
🧠Wk 18—Nervous System dysfunction
Medication & Autonomic Systems
(Weeks 19-27)
🧠Wk 19 — Medication Timing
🧠Wk 20 — Dyskinesia Realities
🧠Wk 21 — Digestive system Involvement
🧠Wk 22 — Constipation & Absorption
🧠Wk 23 — Swallowing Challenges
🧠Wk 24 — Weight Loss Without Dieting
🧠Wk 25 — Hydration Challenges
🧠Wk 26 — Blood Pressure Unpredictability
🧠Wk 27 — Why Symptoms Fluctuate
Emotional & Cognitive Changes
(Weeks 28-36)
🧠Wk 28 — Anxiety Doesn't Always Have & Trigger
🧠Wk 29 — Cognitive Slowing
🧠Wk 30 — Impulse Control Changes
🧠Wk 31 —Anxiety Spikes 7/12/26
🧠Wk 32 —Depression vs Apathy-Available 7/19/26
🧠Wk 33 —Emotional Flattening-Available 7/26/26
🧠Wk 34 —Decision Fatigue-Available 8/2/26
🧠Wk 35 —Sleep Disruption-Available 8/23/26
🧠Wk 36—Hallucinations vs Dreams
Advanced Long Term & System Wide Effects
(Weeks 37-45)
🧠Wk 37 — Vision and sensory processing changes
🧠Wk 38— Speech, voice an communication fatigue
🧠Wk 39— Why stress, illness, & surgery worsen symptoms
🧠Wk 40—Long term medication tradeoffs & adjustments
🧠Wk 41—System-Wide Effects
🧠Wk 42—Part 1 Medications aren't one size fits all.
🧠Wk 43—Advanced treatments are not one size fits all.
🧠Wk 44—Future of Parkinson’s 2026-2027
🧠Wk 45—Loss of Automatic Function
Advocacy, Identity, & Living Forward
(Weeks 46-52)
🧠Bonus 10-Are Parkinson's related deaths under reported.
🧠Bonus 11-Mood Changes YOPD vs Older Age at time of diagnosis.
🧠Bonus 12-Emergency 911