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John, Thanks so much for caring enough to respond. I was diagnosed by Dr. Mohamed, an associate of Dr. Abu-Asal. Dr. Mohamed trained under Dr. Iacono. I had cervical spine surgery (two level fusion) 3 years ago Dr. Abu-Asal. The symptoms seemed to be coming back, but slightly different from before. I had an MRI and it showed bone spurs (7) of them growing inside the old fusion. Dr. Abu-Asal though the pressure of the spurs on my spinal cord was causing the symptoms in my right arm and shoulder. So he did surgery 7/97 to remove the bone spurs and fuse one more level. It never got better. They said wait a little longer, the spurs might have bruised the nerves. But it started getting worse. My fingers were drawing in and I could barely write. It was so bad I stopped using my credit cards for fear they would think I was forging my name. My right leg also started to hurt and get numb On my next visit I saw Dr. Mohamed and he had me do the usual finger taps, etc. then he quietly told me that what I had was Parkinson's. I was floored. He gave me several Rx's and within 3 days I could write normally, some of the arm stiffness was gone and all the leg symptoms were gone. I didn't want to believe it, but when the meds worked, I knew he was right. He had me have a consultation with Dr. Iacono to have him go over my meds and see what he thought. He was delighted and said Dr. Mohamed was riht on. The meds I'm taking now: Amantadine - 100 mg 3 X day Parlodel - 5 mg 3 X day Hydergine - 3 mg 3 X day Paxil - 20 mg 2 X day Zoloft - 50 mg at night neurotonin - 4 capsules day Klonipin - 1 mg at bedtime plus over the counter meds he prescribed: Evening Primrose Oil - 3 capsules a day Choline - 2 capsules a da7 B complex vitamin at bedtime Medicines I was already taking prior to the dx: Premaring - 0.625 1 a day Dyazide - 1 capsule daily Levoxyl - .50 tablet 1 a day Vicodin - 500 mg on an as needed basis I don't think I left anything out! I would happily receive any info, advice, etc. from anyone. Thanks again for your having so kindly responded to my posting All my best, Claudia Goldberg [log in to unmask] John Morey wrote: > At 05:52 AM 2/2/98 -0800, Claudia wrote: > > >This seems to be going so fast--I was only diagnosed 5 mo. ago! > > Claudia, how were you diagnosed? Did you have an MRI? See a specialist in > movement disorder? The diagnoses of PD is incorrect about 26% of the time. > PD has many mimics. > > >Maybe this is just part of the depression that comes with PD and I'm > >taking so much medicine that that could be contributing to it too > > What are your meds? What are you taking for depression and how much? > There are many people on this list who are very knowledgeable about PD > meds. They may be able to share some of their experiences. > Peace, John