When Your Neurons Dance

A Story of a Doctor with Parkinson’s

Jonny Acheson

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CRC Press
12 August 2025

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Memoirs; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Accident & emergency medicine; Coping with illness

As an Emergency Medicine consultant in one of the busiest departments in the UK, Dr Jonny Acheson loved his job. Fuelled by adrenaline, he treated and cared for some of the sickest patients who came through the doors.

In 2016, when he was 41, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a progressive neurological condition for which there is no cure.

He found it increasingly difficult to multitask in his fast-paced world. The environment that he thrived in made his symptoms worse. Parkinson’s challenged his professional identity as an emergency doctor, and he didn’t know what to do.

When Your Neurons Dance is about how he is adapting over time with support around him - how he looked to the past to help him in the present, embracing change as new doors opened both inside and outside medicine.

Ultimately as a doctor practising with Parkinson’s, he found a way to give back, despite a condition that always takes away.

By: Jonny Acheson
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032989976
ISBN 10: 1032989971
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 12 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1: The Long Walk 2: Simply Complex 3: Muscle Memory 4: This Bike Is On Me 5: Emergency Department MD 6. ED with PD 7: More Medication 8: Dublin 9:Connections and Coping 10: Kyoto 11:Caroline 12: Ray 13: Oz and Oil 14: Covid 15: Crossroads 16: Finding My Tribe 17: La Sagrada Familia 18: Time Matters: It’s Critical 19: Manchester 20: Adapts Well Part 1 21: Adapts Well Part 2

Jonny Acheson is currently an NHS Emergency Medicine Consultant who advocates to increase the quality of care for people with Parkinson’s when they are in hospital. He, alongside fellow NHS Professionals living and working with Parkinson’s, has put Time Critical Medication on the national agenda working alongside Parkinson’s UK. He is currently the Director of Engagement at the Parkinson’s Excellence Network, a post he has held since 2022. He studied medicine at Queens University Belfast and subsequently worked in Emergency Departments in both Northern Ireland and the East Midlands. He dabbles in letter art to create short films and sketches to educate about Parkinson’s. He has exhibited in Leicester, Barcelona and Paris. He lives in Leicestershire with his wife and two children.