A quick update.

112 days with no artificial L-Dopa. How am I? Well...

I continue taking the following at appx 8:00 am and 8:00 pm:

1) Motrin 400mg 2 times daily
2) Flexeril 10mg 1/2 in am, 1/2 at night
3) Cogentin 1mg 1 in the am and 2 in the evening
4) Steroid-5 day plan, Prednisone 5 mg tablets*

Benefits have been discussed in numerous threads in this post, two of which are No On or Off period and taking pills only 2 times daily.

Difficulties include rising from a seated position, turning over in bed, getting in and out of the car, minor freezing episodes, getting dressed, minor endurance issues, slight loss of memory, moderate cognitive loss, and softness of voice. Strange thing: I never had any of these symptoms until I stopped the L-Dopa.

Also, apathy, constipation, difficulty with hygiene tasks, sporadic weakness; all of these I had experienced prior to June 2013.

I am pleased that in almost each of the above I am steadily getting better, slowly but surely.

Jim

*The addition of the steroid came at the beginning of another struggle with the pain in my back, started 9/19 and ends 9/23.