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Barbara P. thank you for the kind greeting. I was diagnosed with Parkinson's six years ago, at the age of 46 . . . I guess in "PWP talk" that makes me 52/6 . . . cool. Anyway, I am an attorney who had to cut-back and eventually forego the stressful obligation of trial practice. . . the tremors became distracting to everyone in the courtroom. Now I practice law from a desk, with an occasional appearance at an administrative hearing. From what I can gather, my course of treatment is typical: 50/200 Sinemet CR three times a day and 5mg Eldepryl twice a day. This keeps my tremors mostly under control, unless I am stressed. By the way . . . does anyone else experience an increase in tremors while yawning? It's the strangest thing. I can't find anything about this symptom in the literature. I guess that as long as I can safely drive a car I can continue to work. Stephan M. Schwartz 52/6 [log in to unmask]