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At 19:23 1999/04/19 EDT, john wrote:
>Hi
>I was diagnosed with pd Friday
>severe shoulder pain has greatly decreased with sinemet
>however severe insomnia and severe anxiety also no appetite
>MD says not side effects
>any ideas out there
>John
>
wow
you are probably the newest 'newby' i've run into
[except for me at my diagnosis of course]
any tight or tense muscle problems prior to diagnosis
are bound to be helped by sinemet as it 'melts' the muscles
[my special brand of medico-speak]
severe insomnia and severe anxiety and no appetite
= a natural response to the stress and shock of your diagnosis
in my humble opinion
it's not every day that we are told that we have
an incurable, progressive, and debilitating brain disease
i wonder what type of doctor made the diagnosis?
and how the news was broken to you?
it seems to me that your mention of your symptoms
could have been more sensitively addressed
possibly
you've had a shock
but your life is not ending
as far as i am concerned
my life began in earnest after my diagnosis
but i remember being in a blind panic of fear on that fateful day
the fear was caused by ignorance
this list has been instrumental in blasting both of them away
i am glad you have joined us
i will send you my favourite article
[called psychosocial something or other]
in re being newly diagnosed by a separate message
[or maybe it's time to post it again for all the newbies out there?']
tell us more about what your doctor told you
and tell us what medication schedule you are on
the nausea or lack of appetite can easily be attributed to the sinemet
even without the shock or the stress
you are now officially my cyber-sibling
janet
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