Hi hippiechick and welcome to NeuroTalk!!!
Well, I had to do a little online research on shy-drager's and there's not that much out there about it. What I did find says it is associated with Parkinson's. So, in case you haven't visited our Parkinson's Forum I've posted the link to it below:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum34.html
Like Tamiloo said you won't lose friends here. This site has some of the friendliest people around. We all have various conditions (I have MS) but we are all really just one big family.
Please take a look around - there are social forums when you get tired of talking about illness. I hope you'll join us there, too. Here's the link to that particular forum:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum35.html