Azilect did seem to help - not so much with tremors but the other symptoms did seem to ease up a bit. But GUESS what?! After almost 3 weeks of my doctors saying they were going to fight to get it covered I get a call from the State of Montana (where my husband works - i.e. our benefits) and they approved it!!! The guy from the state was great! I'm SOOOO happy! I was very scared to go on the other one they wanted to put me on due some of the things I was reading! In a message dated 07/14/11 00:29:33 Mountain Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Hi Michele and welcome. so sorry to hear that you are dealing with this disease at such a young age. I was 60 when diagnosed, am now 75. I've taken Azilect but it didn't help me. Did you get a good result? there are all kinds of PWPs on this List, so don't hesitate to call upon us for whatever you want. please don't worry about being seen in public -----Original Message----- From: beebabyangels Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:33 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Hello - Intro Hello. I hope I am doing this correctly or I even get responses. :) My name is Michele and I am 35 years-old, mother and wife from Montana. I just got from my trip to University of Utah Hospital to see my new movement disorders specialist. The words from them (after 3 trips to my local neurologist and needed help with a diagnosis of a possible young-onset parkinson's) was this was not the death sentence etc. etc. but won't right down the actual word parkinson's for a year due to getting long term insurance later on. Never heard that before but ok... They are starting me on new medication (I was on Azilect but insurance won't cover it so had to stop) and have a plan for medications if need added, etc. They will be working one-on-one with my local neuro and will see her at least every 3 months and go back to Salt Lake every year - unless needed sooner. I also have direct email contact with them - which I love since I don't have the best luck contacting my local neuro. All this is very scary for me and my family. So, here I am searching out support. Already afraid to be seen in public and trying to be strong!! Michele ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn