Below are some links, handouts, and resources my patients have found useful. I will add more as I find them. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

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Prescription Help

• GoodRX for comparison shopping among pharmacies

• If you still can't afford your medications, go to the medication's manufacturer's website to get copay coupons or fill out a Patient Assistance Program application

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Lifestyle Management Handouts

**Please note: none of these take the place of advice from your doctor. In many cases, headaches, neuropathic pain, insomnia, imbalance, or leg cramps can be the sign of another illness, and you should be seen by a neurologist to be appropriately diagnosed before you try any treatments, natural or otherwise, on your own. Additionally, depending on your age, medical conditions, and other risk factors, your doctor may choose medication instead of, or in addition to, some of these lifestyle changes.

• Lifestyle Management of Headaches

• Management of Agitation in Dementia

• Alternative Treatments to Neuropathic Pain

• Sleep Hygiene

• Treatment of Balance Difficulty

• Treatment of Leg Cramps

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Advanced Directives/Living Wills

• PREPARE for your care

• Simple Florida Advanced Directive Form

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Headaches/Migraines

• Migraine Buddy App

• Lifestyle Management of Headaches Handout

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Dementia

• Alzheimer's Association: information about dementia, being a caregiver, support groups

• Management of Agitation in Dementia

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Chronic Insomnia

• Online Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia

  • 6 Online Options

• Sleep Hygiene

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Psychogenic Nonepileptic Spells/Functional Neurologic Disorders

• Neurosymptoms.org

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Epilepsy

• Danny Did for information about epilepsy and Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)

• Charlie Foundation for information about ketogenic diet for epilepsy

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Essential Tremor

• Assistive Technologies for Tremor​

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Multiple Sclerosis

• National MS Society

• UptoDate Patient Handout

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Tics

• Online Habit Reversal Training Therapy

  • http://www.tichelper.com

  • http://www.leakybrakes.ca

  • http://motorstereotypiesandyou.org​

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Movement Disorders

• Parkinson's disease

  • Rock Steady Boxing Fitness

    • ​Rock Steady Near Boca: Delray Beach | Coral Springs

  • LSVT LOUD and BIG

• Dystonia

  • Dystonia Foundation

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Addiction

• Treatment Facility Search

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Stiff-Person Syndrome

• Guide to SPS from a Patient

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General Medical Advice

The following are websites that review alternative medicine's evidence, exposing some treatments that have been touted inappropriately as helpful. Some of these are dangerous, some just offer false hope. Remember to always read about attractive "complementary," "functional" or "alternative" practices with as much skepticism as you would approach your medical doctor! Ask about risks. Ask about benefits. Ask about research studies. Read reputable sources, preferably peer-reviewed.

• Quack Watch

• Science-Based Medicine

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Books I Like

Educational/Informative

• Peripheral Neuropathy: What It Is and What You Can Do to Feel Better by Dr. Janice Weisman

• The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance

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Personal Improvement

• Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

• The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

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Parenting

• Parent Effectiveness Training, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and How to Listen So Kids Will Talk

• Everyday Parenting Toolkit

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Novels

• Still Alice - about a psychology professor who gets Alzheimer's disease

• The Martian - great novel about human resilience, humor, and perseverance

• Small Great Things - challenging our own prejudices

• The Giver

• Language of Flowers

• The Nightingale