Originally Posted by Max19BC

Here's a quick history on my PD.

I'm , 53 years old or*young, I was diagnosed with PD back in March 2001. I had a minimal exposure to PD meds back then , just long enough (one month on sinemet) to see an improvement and convinced me that I have PD. Whatever PD is. I started taking lots of vitamins, antioxidants, eating better, exercising the best I can, meditating, acupuncture, Ti-Chi,* tried PDrecovery, Chi-Gong, visualizing techniques, energy work, etc. etc. I'm sure it all helped, but eventually I needed a* walker and could barely take care of myself. By February of 2006, I was looking into getting a* wheelchair. I couldn't take it any longer, so I regrettably*broke down and decided to take Sinemet. In about a week, sinemet started to work. And in about a month,* I was a completely different person. I could walk, got my balance back, started to get back my normal weight and I could even ride my mountain bike again. But in only 6 months of taking sinemet, I found it was taking* longer and longer to kick in, not lasting as long and sometimes it wouldn't kick in at all. Sometimes I would take 1 1/2 tablets of Sinemet CR 200/50, at a time, with no effect at all. Talk about being scared all over again. I knew getting on sinemet would be a limited ride, but I never thought it could be this short for me.
** * * When I heard about "Mucuna Pruriens"* (Zandopa also called HP-200),* a natural herb from India, about a year ago, I got very interested. I gradually reduced my Sinemet CR 200/50 from 5 tablets a day to only one a day and replacing it with mucuna.
* * * * I feel like this "Mununa" (Zandopa) is REALLY HELPING me a lot. I*take it 3 or 4 times a day and can pretty well function normally when the herbs kick in, not*bad considering that I was ready for a wheelchair. When*the herbs wear off, my PD symptoms still comes back, but not nearly*as bad as before.*

Sincerely,
Max