Hi Marling, Please type your complete 24-hour medication schedule, including any non-prescription and non-PD medications. Please add any comments you have about what seems to help you the most, and what seems to stop the meds from working. I hope some of us can help you! Hang in there Ivan :-) On Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:22:59 -0800 Marling McReynolds <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Hello friends, >Last week I went to services for my mother-in-law. She was nearly 84 >and had health difficulties. It was a mixed blessing for us as I am >glad she no longer suffers, and yet I will miss her so much. > >While at the services my son's girl friend held my hand mainly to >steady >me and keep me from falling over. After a couple of hours she said >she >could now understand why I am exhausted all the time. She was >exhausted >just holding my hand and steadying me for a couple of hours and could >not understand how I can go though a whole day with this tremor. I >do >not know how I do it either. > >On the days when tremor attacks me worst, I am so exhauted that I >cannot >get out of bed. Other days the tremor is minor and I manage to move >around and get work done in my home. Does anyone ever really get >used >to the amount of energy tremor takes out of you?? > >Marling McReynolds >50 (next Sat), diag 1995 ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) ********************************************************************