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Originally Posted by linktrek
I asked this question before but I want to make sure. I was just diagnosed and i'm set up with another Dr for a second opinion. My symptoms are all in my leg. I have leg weakness,stiffness,and pain. But each day is different. I stopped taking all meds and my symptoms vary from day to day in severity and in pain and stiffness. I have days that I can barely walk and others that I am about 90% functioning. Do symptoms vary in PD? Are there good days and bad days? Perhaps not as dramatic as mine.
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Yes, PD changes from day to day and even hour to hour, it can really fluctuate and usually the fluctuation is centered on the medication coming into effect or wearing off...but I am curious about what you said on stopping all meds? What meds were you taking, and why did you stop them?
There must be more symptoms than just leg weakness/stiffness/pain, because that alone will not support a PD dx....that almost sounds more like a sciatica issue but I'm not doctor.
Be sure you are being looked at by someone who knows what they are doing....just because someone is a neuro means very little in the world of PD. Better to be seen by a movement disorder specialist, because PD is more a dx of exclusion, after other things are ruled out. I think it's been posted several times here that the misdiagnosis rate for PD is rather high, I've read anywhere from 25-35%, so be sure your doc knows what he/she is doing.