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Yesterday a woman in our support group called me and asked me to tell the list about her experience, and see if others had had similar ones. Here is her story. In 1992 Marie was having a problem with falling, slurred speech, and numbness on one side of her body. A neuro (notPD specialist) dxd her as having PD. She has been taking sinemet, and later Prozac since then. She also has diabetes and heart problems, and has suffered much pain all down her back. About 3 wks. ago she came down with pneumonia, was hospitalized and taken off of sinemet and prozac. She is now home, feels fine, has NO pain, and has not been back on the meds! She believes she never had PD at all--perhaps a slight stroke,to account for the falling and numbness. She had one appt. last year with a PD specialist in Cincinnati, who apparently didn't change her diagnosis. I don't know what kind of exam he gave her. Naturally,she's happy if she_doesn't_have PD (who wouldn't be?)but curious about it all--this seems to relate to the question of how taking sinemet would affect someone if they weren't a PWP. She's expecially impressed that the constant pain is gone. Any comments, ideas to pass along to her would be appreciated. Camilla Flintermann,CG for Peter 78/7 Oxford,OH