Early detection: Sleep as a possible key In Parkinson’s disease, the transition is often gradual and not always easy to recognize. In this episode, Dr. Ines Debove speaks with a person affected by Parkinson’s about how his great passion for model building slowly changed under Parkinson’s therapy. What initially began with more energy and creativity, in retrospect was accompanied by an important warning sign: sleep became increasingly shorter. Impulse control disorders can frequently occur during dopaminergic therapy. Nevertheless, they are often recognized late due to shame, lack of awareness of the illness, or because the changes are initially experienced as something positive. Sometimes a simple question can help make these changes visible early: “Are you sleeping less today than you used to?” This short clip shows how important it is to address such changes early for people affected, their families, and medical professionals.