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Hello Hans, Welcome to the list. I=B4m Sonia Nielsen from Denmark was dx 4 1/2 years = ago, because I`m a very "difficult" patient I only take 700 mg. Sinemet = CR and 0,75mg. Permax. I=B4m a bit undermedicated but I prefere this = instead of having dyskinesia. I was in Leverkusen 2 years ago and in Billund oct. last year with EPDA = - maybe you was there too?? -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Hans van der Genugten <[log in to unmask]> Til: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN = <[log in to unmask]> Dato: 21. marts 1998 04:36 Emne: Introduction new listmember Hans van der Genugten >Hello listmembers, > >I am new on the list. I would like to introduce myself: >My name is Hans van der Genugten, age 44. I live in Goes in the = Netherlands. >Parkinsons Disease was diagnosed in 1993. Looking back I already had = some >vage symptoms of PD in the middle of the 1980's. Until now PD has the = most >effect on the left side of my body. So far the symptoms are relatively = mild >and the progression is slow. Medication: I use Eldepryl (selegiline) 2 = x 0,5 >mg/day. In the past years I have tried several PD-medications, but the >effects were: no effect at all in spite of relative high doses, some = even >worsened the PD-symptoms, and some gave PD-symptoms I didn't have = before I >took that medication (and disappeared again after stopping that = medication). >Some also made me feel like a zombie. I have tried as single treatment = or >combined the following: Sinemet CR 500 mg/day; Permax (pergolide) 2 = mg/day; >Symmetrel; Tremblex; Eldepryl. The thought of Parkinsonism instead of = PD has >crossed my mind (and that of my neurologist), because in the beginning = my >tremor was not so evident as it is these days. >So, in 1993 I went for a second opinion to a PD-specialist in = Amsterdam. >He diagnosed then PD for 98% sure and the increasing tremor since has = only >confirmed his diagnosis. From time to time I will use the next = medication on >the list until hopefully one day the right one for me will come along. >Together with my Tineke we organise meetings for two supportgroups (a >yoppersgroup and a regular group) in our area. Finally: my hobby is = (what >else?): the computer!! > >Greetings, Hans. > >Hans van der Genugten, the Netherlands. >E-mail: [log in to unmask]