Dave, Have you seen a movement disorders specialist about your symptoms? It's long past time someone made a diagnosis. If what you have is PD, then PD medicines ought to help a lot. You strike me as a person with many talents and a positive attitude. It's rotten luck to get PD, but it sounds like you won't take it lying down. Phil Tompkins Amherst, Mass. age 62/dx 1990 On 12 Jul 00, at 9:54, David Willard wrote: > I started to cope with the ridgedness,stiffness slow moving arm, > fingers, and dragging right foot. I then began to have such a > course tremor of my right hand I can't put cream cheese on a bagel > for breakfast, and people stare at me in a check out line while > trying to write a check. The stress of it all makes the symptoms > worse. ...