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personally, my choice would be to stay off medication as long as possible - i went on mirapex 5 years after i first noticed symptoms, and the only reason i did that was because i need to type for work, and i my ability to type was nearly gone. Otherwise, i might still be unmedicated. as far as the possibility that some of the meds are neuroprotective, *possibility* is the operative term here, for me. as far as i know, there is no *proof* that any of them are neuroprotective - the best anyone can say is "maybe." On the other hand, a study has shown that, with onset between 40 and 59 year's of age, there is a 50% chance of developing dyskinesias after five years on levodopa. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15580606 No matter how I look at it, staying off medication for as long as possible is the right solution for me. you may be differentl Eli Posen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: My Name is Eli , pardon me for my English at this is not my first language , I was Diagnosed with pd 3 months ago went to MRI for brain then MRI for neck then pet scan my symptoms are very mild have stiffness in left side miner tremors in left side some days my left foot is hurting badly some days almost at minimum pain I have in the right hand occasionally slight muscle pain my question is should I start medication or should start doing more stretching and exercise what I have read so far is that all medication have side effects is the medication also preventing the brain it shouldn’t get worse ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more.