Sorry I haven't reported in before this.
I've been on EPA/fishoil for a full year now,since 10/2000. I have only fallen once,which is remarkable,since for several yrs prior to that,I fell at least once a month. I find myself able to catch myself now,instead of falling down.
I see my neurologist every 6 mos.Last appt was in 7/01. Again,he said "You are doing great.You aren't any worse than last time."He complimented me on doing so well and on handling the fact that I have HD so positively. He knows about the EPA & thinks it is OK.
Also,yesterday my husband had an appt w/our family dr,who we've gone to for 13 yrs.The dr told my husband "Every time I see your wife I can't believe how good she looks & how well she is doing."I love our family dr;when I found out I had HD I said I would never go on Haldol.He told me he treated HD patients in the Army in the 1970s & they were told to put everybody w/HD on Haldol.
I've been taking Costco brand fish oil soft gels for about 4 months.They have 360 mg EPA & 240 mg DHA(for 2 capsules)
I've never had any side effects.I can't tell if there is any change in my thinking--I still can't remember words,slur Rs & Ls sometimes,and I still can't think about more than 1 thing at a time.The only meds I take are Levothyroxine, Prozac, estrogen/progesteron & calcium. I think my chorea is about the same. Strangers either don't notice or think I act "nervous"; medical people know I have something.
Thank you,thank you,thank you,Jerry for everything you have done & are doing. It seems like so many things are right there on the horizon now.