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My name is Eileen Duncan. I am 63 and I was diagnosed with Parkinson's last November. My problem is that I have a form of Parkinson's that no one else I have met so far has. Please is there (a) anyone out there with the same symptoms as me and (b) anyone who has found something to help them. My problem is abdominal pain, especially while sitting or lying down which means my lifestyle is totally restricted as I cannot sit for long, especially in the afternoon and evenings. I am desperate to find something which will help me or someone I can talk to. I have now been on 6mg of Ropinirole 3 times a day for the last 4 weeks and my consultant said when I saw him last that if the symptoms don't clear up with Ropinirole then they must be due to something else other than Parkinson's. And yet it is described just as I have it in Robin D Fross's article "Abdominal Pain in Parkinson's Disease' in the APDA Newsletter, Winter 1994-5. I had various tests carried out while investigating what it was in the first place - all of which were negative. I also have various Parkinson type symptoms which don't bother me a great deal and which I can cope with. But not the abdominal pain! Please, please - can anyone help? Eileen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn