thanks Cynthia
I just wanted to add my experience with Ayurvedic treatment. I tried 6 weeks of therapy at an ayurvedic hospital while I was in India which included staying in a serene, peaceful resort like place with no TV or Phone, eating healthy food provided by the hospital, regular exercise and herbal-oil massages everyday. Never felt better in my life! Hard to maintain that life style and but continued ayurvedic meds along with Mirapex and Amantadine. That helped in general, had more energy. But being a lab rat/white rat (I prefer the term lab rat!!), I tried to go off mirapex and that didnot work. So my conclusion was Ayurvedic treatment alone is not enough to relieve my symptoms but with mirapex, amantadine it made a difference. I donot know Dr.Panera or his treatments, but in general Ayurveda doesnt have any adverse effects, its all based on natural products and its worth trying it.

Girija