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Hi, I'm new to this list and discovered it by accident when playing around with our new modem. I'm 47 years old and am considered an "young" Parkinsonian and work full-time as a teacher-librarian. Originally, I'm from America but have lived in Australia for 22 years. There is a PD association in Melbourne, but it mainly deals with older PD's with more advanced cases. My condition is moderately advanced and is reasonably controlled by medication, except for the morning when I experience fairly severe dystonia for a short time. My neurologist prescribed Eldepryl with my usual doses of Sinemet, Parlodel and Amantadine, but I found that it made me nauseous and discontinued it. Has anyone used Eldepryl and had the same results? There is not much education about PD in Australia, and if I tell anyone I have PD, they either don't believe me, react as if Ive told them I have terminal illness or ask me to explain what it is. Since I have to take my medication during the day at work, I sometimes get tired of explaining what PD is for the umteenth time when people become inquisitive about the tablets I'm taking. Fortunately, I still keep fairly active, though I find I'm slower at doing things than I used to be. My PD was diagnosed about 5 years ago and hasn't gor much worse, though I worry that it might in the future or that the medication will no longer be effective. I would like to correspond with some other members of the list. Celia Jones [log in to unmask]