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Hi Chuck You are very young to have PD - I'm 44, look younger, but feeling older every day. I wonder if proximity to computers for long periods of time could have anything to do with PD. I hope I am nearing the end of my search for a good doctor. Will see someone new the end of the month. Not one recommended by APDA regional office, but in the same office as a recommended doc - hoping to get a foot in the door at least. So few here in VA. And I will see the APDA regional specialist in Charlottesville, VA early next year. Don't know if I will be able to come off meds - would be nice. What prompted you to look for a specialist? Did your doctor recommend? Did you start researching right away? My symptoms are somewhat rare. In addition to only a slight visible tremor, I have internal tremors and a lot of pain in extremities. Lucked into a pain med that was working for 24 hours - but after taking it for about one month, it is already lasting only about 20 hours. I still walk ok. Good and bad news about un-noticeable symptoms - good news is I haven't had to tell everyone at work yet, only my boss and immediate co-workers. Bad news is, expectations for output haven't changed. If you don't look like you feel bad, hard to convince family you really don't feel good. Thanks for writing, good luck Melanie ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn