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--Boundary (ID Ba9t/mXjB4s1DOXz/zihEQ) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Ok Patricia, I got your hint. Actually I meant to write you before, but just didn't get around to it. I feel the same way as you do, I was diagnosed at age 57 and I'm 58 now and also still struggling with the first year. I don't have any problems being dizzy and am only tired when I can't sleep. Otherwise I still seem to have as much energy as I always had, I only do things slower. In fact before I was diagnosed, I noticed that I was doing things a lot slower, including walking, putting on my makeup, needlework etc. I too, feel like I am too young to have this disease. I told my husband that, after I was diagnosed. I always thought PD was something you got in your 70's or 80's. I also didn't know how bad the disease could get. I thought it was just shaking. When there was a suspicion that I had PD, I started reading everything I could find. Unfortunately my encyclopedias are old and they gave a grim picture of what the future could hold. I was angry and scared (still am somewhat) that fate had dealt this to me. When I first went to my neuro, he was very reassuring that there are great strides made in the management of this disease and probably twenty or thirty years down the line I won't be any worse than I am now. I sure hope so. I don't take Sinnemet yet, I just take Eldepryl and Amantadine. So hang in there, there is a wealth of information on this list and elsewhere on the internet. Dora Walters _______________________________________________________________________________ --Boundary (ID Ba9t/mXjB4s1DOXz/zihEQ)--