Hi Markie: I try not to practice medicine without a license, but sure sounds like Parkinson's to me. Had almost exactly the same symptoms pre-diagnosis, except right-sided in my case. Is your handwriting also getting smaller? Condition is called micrographia, and is also classic with PD. Carole 53/51/?46 --- Markie Helms <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Good morning all! I recently joined this list to get > information, and hope > someone can answer my questions. > > Short History: Had a tremor in left thumb four or five > years ago. Three > years ago, fingers in left hand began to curl up quite > often - still happens. > Over a year ago, began to walk a lot more slowly. Now > have resting tremor > in left hand and arm. Feet shuffle after sleeping or > sitting for a long > time. Left foot drags sometimes, and also curls in > sometimes when walking. > Fine motor skills are deteriorating. Sometimes when > getting out of a chair, > I need to hold onto something to get up. At rest, > sometimes have twitches or > slight jerks in both arms and legs. Am right-handed, and > handwriting is > still very legible, but not as neat as it used to be. > Also, cannot write for > long periods of time. > > Are these symptoms of Parkinson's? I am not asking for a > diagnosis - just > want to know if these symptoms are indicative of > Parkinson's. Have seen a > good neurologist who says that the tremor I have is not > the ususal tremor of > Parkinson's and he cannot feel the rigidity in my fingers > usually associated > with Parkinson's. He has suggested I see a movement > disorder specialist, > which I plan on doing. > > Just looking for all the information I can. Thanks in > advance for any > answers. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com