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Your doctor's suggestion to seek a consultation with a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders is "right on the button." While the symptoms you describe COULD be signs of Parkinson's disease, they could also be symptomatic of other medical problems as well. If you don't know of such a specialist to consult, please know the Parkinson's Disease Foundation maintains a referral list that covers most areas of the US and the world. I'd be happy to check the lists for your area. All I'd need is the city in which you live. Jeanne Lee-Rosner PDF-Chicago [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: Markie Helms <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 7:20 AM Subject: Question about Parkinson's > 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. >