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My name is Roger Naeseth. Iam 60 years young and have been diagnosed with Parkinsons for 3 years. My symptoms are at rest tremors on my right side, mainly my leg. My right leg feels different than my left, seems to feel heavier. I am taking no medication. I belong to a support group in Crystal Lake, Il which is very helpful. I would like to recommend the newsletter UPDATE. It had the Wall Street journal article info last year and is also how I found out about the Internet. Cost is $40. per year, issues occur once a month. There phone is 215-947-6638, fax is 215-947-2552. In a poll of our support group around 60% have a family background of Parkinsons. To my knowledge I do not fall in that category. Well water is supposed to be a factor but not sure what that all entails. I wonder about working around Radar and other equipment in my Navy days. One of the newsletters said a loss of smell seems to be an early indication of Parkinsons before the symptoms are present. Many of our group fall in that category. I feel as long as I can function somewhat normal (I take vitamins and go for walks most of days of the week) I will not take any medication. My neurologist agrees with this. I do wonder if I should take Deprenyl but there seems to be conflicting data about it also. The first Neurologist ran all the usual tests including two MRIs. He did not think I had PD but did not know what I had. He had me take Klonopin (a valium like substance) and also tried me on Proprandol a beta blocker. None of these had any affect. I then went to another Neurologist who after doing the normal balance and strength test said no doubt you have Parkinsons. Is there anyone else out there with similar symptoms?