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Hi Jennifer , The only symptom I had to start with 5 years ago was a light tremor in my right thumb . It has advanced to hand and now a little in the rigth arm . I did not experience the early symptoms you did mention . As you see each case is a case ... Cheers , Jennifer Smith wrote: > I am reposting this message from earlier. When I posted it before it > was not under a subject heading that described the contents fairly. I > recieved no responses or comments so I assume it kind of got lost in the > shuffle. Either that or no one had anything to say about it. In any > case, I am running it up the flagpole one more time and see if anyone > salutes it: > > Dear Listmembers, > I have been following the posts about vision problems, dry scalp/skin > and moving crumbs with great interest. Many of these things have been > minor problems or observations for me for a number of years. My > question is > this: of the above mentioned, are any of these PD relatated or drug > related? What I am looking for here are some possible warning signs of > PD that were ignored by me as just some wierd thing. As far as vision > goes, I have had problems with tired eyes since my late teens. > Convergence problems and left eye drooping when I got tired, sometimes > double vision. I wore glasses for a while to help with the convergence > problem which was attributed to weak muscles in my eyes. I hated them > and stopped wearing them and just lived with it. I have also had > floaters in my eyes but they come and go. I see things moving that > aren't moving but, there again, ususally when my eyes were tired. Most > of these things along with itchy scalp and dry skin began in my late > teens and early twenties. I just lived with them because there were no > other strange things happening to my body at the time so I just figured > they were just part of my chemistry. I have also remembered that since > those years I have had bouts of depression but also figured that was > just part of life. I only began to worry when I developed numbness and > later a tremor in my right hand which progressed over the course of > about eight months into breathing problems, left foot tremor, stiffness > and rigidity and loss of balance. I was diagnosed in January of this > year (now age 41) with PD when the doctor I was seeing gave me a > dose of Sinemet and breathing, tremors and rigidity returned to normal > and loss of balance improved dramatically. > > Could it be that some of these things were beginning symptoms? Call me > crazy (it wouldn't be the first time) but would like to hear comments on > > this. Thanks in advance for any replies. > Jennifer Smith > > -- > Ars Longa - Vita Brevis > Art is Long - Life is short > :(:) ) -- +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+