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Juanita, you hit the nail on the head as I went through the same thing of being diagnosed having Essential Tremors, which probably was PD in the first place. I had the Movement disorder of not having balance and no stability to the point I couldn't walk or stand as I would have tremors, so when I went to the doctor out here in Israel, he gave me Sinemet (trial and error) medication not knowing if it would work or not. So like you said, after 7 days I started to feel much better from carbidopa/levadopa which is a combination ingredient of Sinemet. Of course I am not 100% , but enough to get by. You are the smart one for not taking George's other Neurologists word. Keep in touch as I would like to know how George will get along on Sinemet. I started taking Sinemet on Nov. 23, 2001 until this very day and thank God I am doing OK. Florence Frankel [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juanita Hibbert" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 12:23 AM Subject: Essential tremors or PD? > Shirley, I'm no Dr. That said I will now > voice my opinions. First my PWP was > told iniatially essential tremors. I dissagreed for several reasons. So > to appease me, mostly to prove me wrong the nuero put George on > carbidopa/levadopa 25/100 1 tab 4 times a day. Nuero stated if it helps > it's parkinsons if it doesn't help it is not PD. > Within 7 days Georges tremors showed > great improvement. However your 3 times a day may need to be tweaked up > a bit. > Just food for thought from our experience. > Hugs Juanita CG for George 75/71/64 > PS That nuero is no longer Georges > nuero. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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