--WebTV-Mail-2001895224-254 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Hi, I am Whitey Richerson, I am 70 years old and have been diagnosed with Parkinsons. I have just recently started taking sinemet. I am also on Mirapex and Propranolol.One of my biggest problems is that no one has ever explained to me what this disease is and what I can expect from it. I have some other health problems, also, so when a new sympton appears I don't know if it is related to PD, to the meds, or to something unrelated. Lately my sleeping habits are strange, and I get depressed a lot. I also get frightened very easily. This is something that never happened before. A sudden noise can startle me and I will be upset for a long time afterwords. Or if I get a strange letter in my e-mail I get paranoid and think someone is trying to get me. I would like to know if these things are normal. I am more concerned about my mental state than my physical problems. I was hoping that finding a support group with people that could understand would help me. I have a caring wife and our kids and grand kids live close by, but I don't think they really understand. My wife is writing this first letter for me, as I type very slow now, but in future I will write my own, and hope you will be patient. Thank you Whitey --WebTV-Mail-2001895224-254 Content-Description: signature Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/HTML; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit <html><body bgcolor="00009f"text="ffffff" border="15%"><bgsound src= "http://www.lsjunction.com/midi/bobby_mc.mid"autostart="true" loop="true"> <border=20%><center><img src="http://members.tripod.com/~great belly/anilets/hr.gif"border=5><img src="http://members.tripod.com/~great belly/anilets/wr.gif"border=5><img src="http://members.tripod.com/~great belly/anilets/yr.gif"border=5></center><center><img src="http://members.tripod.com/~great belly/anilets/hr.gif"border=5><img src="http://members.tripod.com/~great belly/anilets/or.gif"border=5><img src="http://members.tripod.com/~great belly/anilets/br.gif"border=5><img src="http://members.tripod.com/~great belly/anilets/or.gif"border=5></center><center><img src="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8961/amereagle.gif"></center>>center><img src="http://members.tripod.com/~Graphics4Webbers/EMail/emailme3.gif"border=15%"></center> </html> --WebTV-Mail-2001895224-254--