Dear Friend;
I am sorry to hear of your concerns.
My loss of smell has come on gradually.
And it comes and goes.
I lived in denial for 3 years after my diagnosis. I took my meds, and lived in denial.
Now I have somewhat accepted it, and it is hard. With the summer heat setting in, there was no way I could be in denial.
I will say one thing, stay out of the heat. Heat makes my symptoms worse
When I finally went to my GP with my concerns, he said that the best way to diagnose PD is with the Sinemet. He said if you take Sinemet for 1 month, and the symptoms go away, you have it. And that is what happened with me.
Keep in touch. PD comes on in stages, and we learn to navigate through the different stages.
And ATTITUDE is everything.