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Roger, I should have mentioned that with Essential Tremors, at rest you do not have tremors, only when you are active. With Parkinsons, at rest you do have tremors. With Essential tremors, you have balance and can walk, but not with Parkinsons. Florence Frankel [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Seymour" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 5:28 AM Subject: Just curious > Hi Group. > > I'm new to the group, and relatively new to the disease itself. I started > to really take notice of the tremors and loss of dexterity in my left hand > only a year ago. My diagnosis was confirmed last July. I'm presently 47... > they call that "young". > > I'm presently doing selegiline, vitamins C and E, in a "hopeful" attempt to > slow the disease's progress. > > One of my questions relates to this idea of the progression of the disease. > Are there any measurements that can be easily made to gauge progress? For > example, I can notice a (negative) change in my ability to drum the fingers > of my left hand. The frequency and magnitude of the shaking in my hand have > grown. I didn't know if such things could be objectively measured to gauge > how fast changes are actually occurring. > > Or... maybe it's just a waste of time. > > Another thing. I notice at certain times - when I'm totally (mentally) > absorbed in some task, when I'm very relaxed or sleeping - I never have > tremors. This makes me wonder if there has ever been any experimentation > with biofeedback techniques as a means to "encourage" mental and/or physical > states where the tremors subside. > > Best regards > > Roger Seymour > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn