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Real stories. Real struggle. Real laughs. Richie Pikunis shares the unfiltered truth about living with Parkinson’s—turning decades of lived experience into advocacy, insight, and a voice that refuses to be quiet.

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Voice Unshaken

Too Smart to Be Heard

How Parkinson’s advocacy got impressive... and stopped being effective

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

Too Able to Be Disabled. Too Disabled to Be Able.

Mar 19, 2026

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4 min read

Too Able to Be Disabled. Too Disabled to Be Able.

Living in the brutal middle of Parkinson’s—where you look fine, feel anything but, and still get judged like nothing’s wrong.

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

Mar 19, 2026

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3 min read

Panic with Wi-Fi

Why Parkinson’s support groups keep confusing confidence for competence

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

Mar 17, 2026

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3 min read

The Slow Conversation

Life After the Brain’s Middle Manager Gets Fired

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

“Is levodopa causing dyskinesia and psychosis? And is it even worth taking?”

Mar 15, 2026

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4 min read

“Is levodopa causing dyskinesia and psychosis? And is it even worth taking?”

Parkinson’s forces hard bargains. Levodopa may cause problems later, but for many of us it’s still the reason we can move today.

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

Negative Sleep: The Parkinson’s Trick Nobody Warns You About

Mar 15, 2026

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6 min read

Negative Sleep: The Parkinson’s Trick Nobody Warns You About

Why eight hours in bed doesn’t always mean rest—and why both patients and caregivers wake up exhausted.

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

“Parkinson’s Is Serious. Laughing About It Helps.”

Mar 14, 2026

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6 min read

“Parkinson’s Is Serious. Laughing About It Helps.”

The Science and Survival Value of Humor in a Dopamine-Depleted Brain.

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

Mar 9, 2026

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6 min read

The Parkinson’s Energy Economy: Why Everything Suddenly Costs More

Parkinson’s doesn’t just slow movement. It quietly raises the price of existing.

Richie Pikunis

Parkinson’s Awareness

Mar 9, 2026

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8 min read

A Will Won’t Help You in an ICU Bed

What health care proxies, durable powers of attorney, living wills, and wills actually do, and why people with chronic illness cannot afford to put them off.

Richie Pikunis

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Too Smart to Be Heard

Too Able to Be Disabled. Too Disabled to Be Able.

Panic with Wi-Fi

The Slow Conversation

“Is levodopa causing dyskinesia and psychosis? And is it even worth taking?”

Negative Sleep: The Parkinson’s Trick Nobody Warns You About

“Parkinson’s Is Serious. Laughing About It Helps.”

The Parkinson’s Energy Economy: Why Everything Suddenly Costs More

A Will Won’t Help You in an ICU Bed

Voice Unshaken