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Dear Christine: I wish I had the answers to your valid questions. Only being 28 yrs of age might make you one of the few youngest one's. I am still skeptical when I hear somebody so young having been diagnosed with Parkinson's. You must understand that I am the caregiver for my wife who has PD. We had sad experiences with the medical doctors of diagnosing diseases properly. We had 18 doctors and 3 hosp. stay’s including operations and many $$ later we found that my wife was treated for the wrong disease for 3.5 yrs. Since you are so young and it is not a young disease I would like to see you get a third opinion. Keep in mind that Doctors follow each other in diagnoses once they read the report from the previous doctor etc. PD is sometimes hard to diagnose. As for the depression I can only tell you that my wife suffers from them daily even while she is on anti-dep medicine. In her case none of the anti-depr. medicine have worked. The support group I take her to where we discuss the depression I find that some can avoid the depression with the anti-depr. med’s they take. It must work for them. Each situation warrant a lot of experimenting. Hopefully the rest of the members will anwer some of your other questions. Good luck and stay on board. Henry Guttentag ([log in to unmask]) ==================================== Christine Anne Sutter wrote: > > Good morning - Good afternoon - Good evening > > My name is Christine - I am 28 years old - diagnosed with Parkinson’s almost > one year ago. Tremors in the right hand (as I think back) most likely > started in high school - balance problems and slow movement followed in > college. If it were not for a previous boyfriend that often told me I > walked like an old woman and otherwise just didn't move around like a woman > of 27 years...I may not have made a point to mention my symptoms to my doctor. > > When I was finally diagnosed with PD and confirmed with a second opinion - I > ran to the library and checked out every book available. Through my own > studies I have learned alot - but I still have questions that each of the > five neurologists I have seen cannot seem to answer ... > > Let me know what you may know: > > 1) What do you know about PD and pregnancy? (I am not pregnant now...not > even married - but desire both in the future) - Can you continue on meds? - > What about the baby...I still hear that PD is not genetic? > > 2) How many other 28 year olds do you know with PD? How are they handling it? > > 3) Depression - does it come and go for the rest of your life? Is it more > life situations or more an effect of imbalances in the brain? > > Would love to hear from you. > > Christine A. Sutter ([log in to unmask]) > Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA Christine Anne Sutter wrote: > > Good morning - Good afternoon - Good evening > > My name is Christine - I am 28 years old - diagnosed with Parkinsons almost > one year ago. Tremors in the right hand (as I think back) most likely > started in high school - balance problems and slow movement followed in > college. If it were not for a previous boyfriend that often told me I > walked like an old woman and otherwise just didn't move around like a woman > of 27 years...I may not have made a point to mention my symptoms to my doctor. > > When I was finally diagnosed with PD and confirmed with a second opinion - I > ran to the library and checked out every book available. Through my own > studies I have learned alot - but I still have questions that each of the > five neurologists I have seen cannot seem to answer ... > > Let me know what you may know: > > 1) What do you know about PD and pregnancy? (I am not pregnant now...not > even married - but desire both in the future) - Can you continue on meds? - > What about the baby...I still hear that PD is not genetic? > > 2) How many other 28 year olds do you know with PD? How are they handling it? > > 3) Depression - does it come and go for the rest of your life? Is it more > life situations or more an effect of imbalances in the brain? > > Would love to hear from you. > > Christine A. Sutter ([log in to unmask]) > Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA