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Diana, my mother had the exact same thing, no tremours but much balance and the "running" problem, had four falls before i could get her to a movement disorder specialist and get the sinimet. but after the sinimet, her balance and the running problem have improved tremendously, of course its only been a couple of months but no more falls. I am taking her to have an MRI done next week just to be on the safe side, i told the movement disorder specialist that I wanted one since she has virtually no tremours i just want to be sure there is nothing else going on. did you have an MRI? i think it is a good idea because i have read that there other things that take on the parkinsons like symptoms so i just want to be sure. after you started the medicine, did the problem get any better at all? paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Sellin" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 11:28 PM Subject: Balance problems > Hello frieinds: > My name is Diana and I've only been on this list about a month. I'm 48 and > was diagnosed about 3 l/2 years ago. My most severe problem at present is my > balance. My neurologist recently had me add a blue Sinemet to my two > Sincemet CRs that I take daily along with 3 one milligram tablets of Mirapex. > I have never had any tremor which leads my neuro to think I have an atypical > form of PD. > I am so weary of falling and crashing into things in my home! So far when > I'm out in public, I've been able to manage with the use of a walking stick. > However, last night, having come in from a neighborhood party, I find myself > starting to run in the house, almost out of necessity (which only other > Parkies I imagine can understand) and then when I tried to stop myself, I > crashed into a desk and my face hit a framed picture on the wall, leaving me > with a nice, swollen, bloody lip. Sigh...so you see why I am tired of this. > I'm still getting out and exercising and god knows, I try to stay > positive...but am wondering if anyone out there is experiencing the same kind > of problems. Thanks, Diana > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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