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Barb M., George, Stan, et al, You are wonderful people! If you ever get any more messages to remove or even control or curb your humor----JUST SAY NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please understand my spelling and typing have been effected greatly by many things, especially the PD and pain. As you know I was diagnosed over a year ago, but I knew that I had PD nearly 3 years ago. I was so scared of having a doctor confirm what I knew and dreaded. Maybe, If no doctor said it, it would go away----HA HA---no such luck. About a month ago I developed great pain in my left hand. Since my PD is on the right (hand,arm, and leg) I was upset. I now have no strength nor much grip in either hand. I went to the doctor, he said maybe I have 'tennis elbow', without playing tennis for the last 20 years. He put me on anti-inflamitories (ibuprophine). They did nothing. Then he consulted my neuro about puting me on pain killers because the pain now was so terrible that it caused me to cry, scream, and otherwise vent on nearly everyone I came in contact with, and had absolutely scared my children (grown) to death. They both (gp & neuro) said I should try Vicodine. What a mistake. After a few days I was crazy and thought............. Well, I thought many things, none of them good. Well, on my own, I stopped everything I was taking. For a week and a half I took nothing. The pain was terrible, worse (believe it or not) than the PD. I called my neuro. He said that it would be ok to be off the eldepryl for 2 weeks, but no more. I went to my gp, he and an RN friend of mine talked, they changed my pain med. Since, the pain I have now is not muscle or bone, but NERVE pain, I am taking Imiprine. It is an anti-depression med of which the 'side effect' is that it relieves nerve pain. I have again put the eldepryl into my daily living arrangement, and this is working. I cannot stand the dystonia or dyskinesiea (or however you spell it). I do not take sinemet unless I must. I will see my neuro in a few weeks, and we will talk again. I only take the klonopin at bedtime if I have been putting extra strain on my legs. This is the only time I get terrible leg cramps. I can deal with simple 'restless leg', believe it or not. I can also deal with my shaking hand and leg. My biggest problem is DEPRESSION. No, the new drug does not seem to help this problem, but works in helping to control the pain. Without the paxil, I am depressed, ALL THE TIME. Then I look at my e-mail. Barb M., Stan, George, et al, You lift my spirits. You make life seem worth going on. There is a great deal of info floating thru this list and we can pick out whatever applies to each of us at anyone time. But, the personal notes, HUMOR, and caring that flows is what keeps me going somedays. Don't forget how to Laugh Marling [log in to unmask] ps: if you wish to know more about what I do, go to http://www.humboldt.net/~shcrc/