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Hi Marsha, I believe you've done a wise thing to have found this forum. The Internet has been a Godsend to those of us who have been diagnosed with this condition and are looking for information and support. You are experiencing many of the same emotions that I believe we've all felt in the first months following diagnosis. Understanding how things work can be a great benefit for you as you deal with PD each day. Understanding that exercise is important in keeping you strong and that even though you are fatigued, that if you keep pushing yourself to be active it will permit you to stay active. Learning all you can about the drugs that are used today in treating PD will help you interact with and understand your neurologist/movement disorder specialist when you counsel with him on your office visits. Go to the National Parkinson Foundation web site and request they send you their packet on Parkinson's disease. They have pamphlets on diet, exercise, drugs, depression, and tips on day-to-day living and coping with Parkinson's. These are very valuable resources. Visit here, when you can, to meet and get to know us all. And with that said, I will introduce myself. My name is Dolores Buente (I go by Dee also). Like you, I was dx'd at age 58 ( I am now 62). I live in Illinois with my husband of 40 years. We have two grown children and one granddaughter. My first symptoms were also similar to fibromyalgia but when I saw a rheumatologist he ruled it out because I did not have the "Trigger Points" that are associated with fibromyalgia. In the past few years I have come across many people who have/or thought they had fibromyalgia and were later diagnosed with PD. Seems to me that there could be a connection between the two but,so far, it has not been verified. Hope to see you here in the forum again soon. Maybe you can tell us if you are on medication for PD at this time and how you are doing with it. Do you have a good rapport and confidence in your doctors? Do you have a support group in your area where you might want to meet with others in your community who have Parkinson's? Do you have any immediate concerns or questions that we can help you with? If I am not on-line to try to help you with an answer I know that there is someone out there who can and will. Welcome to the group. Dee ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn