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I've been asked to introduce myself as a new subscriber to the list...my name is Joan Hart and I was officially diagnosed with PD a year ago last April .... Three years ago I started to take a couple of steps backwards every now and then...with me it's more a balance and walking thing than a tremor...although I do have a tremor in my left pinky sometimes....I've read ALL of the emails this past week and found them sad, funny, scary and informtive...it's nice to know others "are out there, too". I have a question after reading postings from others on how they went about determining whether or not they had a good neurologist...before I was diagnosed I had gone to my MD many times...when I showed up one day in tears asking "what's wrong with me???", he referred me to a neurologist (widely known and respected in my area) who did say I had PD....he put me on sinemet 3 times/day (not sure what dose) and I immediately had a lot of tremors all over. Three days later I stopped the medicine and went back to my MD and got another referral to a neurologist....she gave me nothing until she did a 6 month observation ....then mirapex and now sinemet (low dose) has been added. ...still have some balance/walking problems...please, I ask for your input on getting accurate treatment??? Regular and/or alternative...thx!