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Drew, Are you sure you have PD? As far as I know the only way to confirm a diagnosis of PD is a positive response to a med like sinemet which replaces dopamine in your system. My advice would be to find a good neuro who specializes in movement disorders and go from there. There is hope. By the time you're 39 they'll probably have a cure for PD. Greg Sterling 47now/35 dx/12pd -----Original Message----- From: DisneyFreak <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 1:36 PM Subject: HI, I'm Drew >> > >Hi, this is one of the hardest but most healthy letters I'll every write. I >am 29 and have PD. I'm not on medicine because my doctor doesn't even fill my >anti-depressant and I don't want to get sicker then I already am. > >My sister is in denial because many of my symptoms were misdiagnosed by another >Physician (I once had Fibromiolgia, Diabetes Type 1 and many many more as >tension and migraine headaches, bad posture, lack of sleep, depression etc. ) >Then I went to the hospital and they gave me HALDOL for sleep (Which seemed to >kicked it in worse) and I was stiff the next day, hunched with a mask like >face. 6 months later I still have trouble walking forward without >walking/falling backward, am hunched slightly, stiff in my my pelvis and >depression and anxiety, sleep flexed. > >And most of all I'm tired of people saying people my age can't get it cos >we're too young!!! > >Guess what, we are not. I went from a computer programmer, Webmaster, >competitive Figure Skater(ice), student, and Disneyland lover. Now, I can >barely do any of the above. Actually I can go to Disneyland if I save it up. >I live in Southern Calif. Yeah!!!!!! > >Drew Devlin >[log in to unmask] > >http://www.maggiescafe.net/ >http://www.disneyfreak.org > >Life's no fun without a good scare... >This is Halloween, this is Halloween... >Everyone Scream >In this town, we call home; >Everyone hail to the Pumpkin Song. > >From: The Nightmare Before Christmas >Touchstone Pictures