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Sorry to hear about your dad mate, but it's beautiful you think of him so highly My dad's had Parkinsons for a long while, as have a few others I know, I've been following the research and their progress for a while. Unfortunately none of the people I know with Parkinsons are interested in support outside their direct relationship with their GPs ( who mostly don't know much about Parkinsons ) But swimming's one of the best things your dad can do, if he's having trouble can you get him to wear a flotation device? I know there can be a bit of pride about wearing one in a public place... but swimming's so good for stages of PD. In Australia I've seen water exercise used as a recognised form of therapy for PD and it did work for my dad as a part of slowing his Parkinsons progression No, you seem awesome and loving. I wondered about those compounds too back when Dad was diagnosed. I think you're right about potential deficits after use. Am not a physician and there are people here who are better qualified than I to explain the mechanisms There are some biological compounds I'd look at first before directly going for the pure stimulants Mucuna pruriens seed could be a good place to start if he's not already on meds ( buy it in, or only grow the hairless subtype ) CBD is approved in Australia for treatment of some PD symptoms. Not sure about THC, but CBD is definitely on the list and I've heard ( and only heard- not seen yet ) good things of it for this. Not sure about legality/ accessibility where you live. Is most likely to be well tolerated alongside other medications Ibogaine root bark has been reported to reduce symptoms of PD too. There's a bunch of glowing reports on that if you google ( I do not trust glowing reports on Google much, but low dose ibo is awesome and I'd personally give it a go if I ever got a diagnosis) - but if you're recommending it to anyone else- particularly if they're already on other medication- I'd take real care to find a sympathetic primary health care professional and a good clean source of ibogaine root bark Was most interested to hear psilocybin/ mushrooms mentioned above, now I'll have to do some reading :) All the best for your and your family's journey.

I found 0.2% in a good strain of Longifolia bark once... it was mild... I don't feel this tree really has much chutzpah and really mature specimens can be hard to find... Sophorae has never come up positive after about half a dozen tests at different times of the year... I've tested most of these species a few times... alpina - negative, but have heard reports. courtii - quite rare, never searched it out! t dallachiana - negative floribunda - negative longissima - unsure mucronata - negative! orites - very negative Don't know about any of these or have heard anything about them... A. Crassa, A. concurrens, A. leiocalyx and A. longispicata are all in the Julliflorae section with anastomising veins also... I haven't searched them out either... as they only have a very limited distribution and are notoriously difficult to ID... and I have never felt called to any of them. Concurrens seems to me to be the most likely prospect! There are a few species on the east coast which contain a goodly amount of tryptamines which various people know about, and they have their own reasons for not sharing this information it seems! Julian.