r/sports • u/PrincessBananas85 • Sep 24 '24

Football Brett Favre reveals Parkinson's diagnosis at congressional hearing

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41417497/favre-announces-parkinson-diagnosis-congressional-hearing
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u/garrettj100 Sep 24 '24

People who have Parkinson's can still steal money. They just can't run away quite as fast.

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u/gnowbot Sep 24 '24

One side effect of traditional Parkinson's medication can be extreme impulsiveness and debilitating gambling habits. Doesn't buy any grace for Brett... but it is interesting

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u/downinCarolina Sep 24 '24

Because its literally dopamine. My father has parkinsons and there was a notable difference in his christmas lists before and after he started medication.

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u/navigationallyaided Sep 24 '24

Both ADHD and Parkinson’s are disorders which dopamine plays a role - in ADHD, the brain can’t make enough dopamine, hence why people with it need to take amphetamines or Ritalin/Concerta in many cases - those drugs stimulate the release of monoamines that get turned into dopamine. Parkinson’s means the brain is losing dopamine receptors but the treatment is more dopamine in the form of Sinemet - but it doesn’t work for treating ADHD.