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Hi! I have been symptomatic for 3 years or so and was diagnosed with PD a year ago. I can't believe how much my life has, and still is changing. I see a good local neurologist, and I also see a specialist at Duke University Medical Center. I started on Selegiline, 5mg 1xday when I was diagnosed. I also started on Requip and the dose was slowly titrated up over several months. At 3mg 3xday I was still battling the tremors, stiffness and slowness. I wasn't functioning at a very high level, but I was also so overwhelmed by the wretched side effects of the Reuip (nausea, fatigue and drowsiness) that I just couldn't handle any more. I made the decision with my doctor at to start on Sinemet CR 25/100. That has been titrated up to 1 tablet 3xday and we are holding there. I still walk like ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn