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CHARLIE WROTE: >Jay, in your case you were given SSDI with what in my >view was inadequate. You are under a physician's care who shares your >philosophy and therefore you are receiving disability payments. Charlie and others, For my own personal sense of well being, I feel that some clarification may be in order. Charlie, you apparently construed some information in my posting incorrectly in order for you to reach the above conclusion. Upon submitting my application for SSDI, I was not a patient with any physician for Parkinsons or otherwise. When the time came to provide medical documentation to show disability, I didn't have any so SS made an appointment for me to see a physician as well as a clinical psycholigist. Both individuals were "on contract" with the SS. (sounds ominous!!) The end result was that the psycholigist was so impressed with how fast I was able to count backwards from 100 by 7, (93, 86, 79 etc.) He began to laugh while asking me whether I had memorized the numbers; I answered with the question: is knowledge memorized? I guess I passed. Now, in regard to the physician for the SS. The comment that he made after his examination was "your one of the few legitimate people I see". A quick summation of his examination was that I showed serious impairment but was likely to improve in time. He obviously documented my symptoms and sent his recommendation attached thereto. In conclusion, I was approved because at the time of my examination, the physician for SS was clearly impressed but somewhat surprised as to the severity of some of my symptoms. The physician that recommended I wait in regard to l-dopa was first seen subsequent to my SSDI approval. The issue regarding why I had not previously sought medical help for my condition is a much larger can of worms! (Shall I bait your hook, Charlie?) Jay 47/7 Pray for a cure & each other!