First let me say, I was almost sixty when I decided to chuck it all. A much easier time to make that decision. Reading so much about the value of exercise and stress reduction I decided to quit earlier than may have been completely necessary. My job was very high stress and adversarial. (I gave expert testimony on financial issues in litigation.)

It's been four years since I left and I couldn't be happier with my decision. Until about a month ago I had not lost any function during the entire time. I know money is always such an issue, especially for those of you with children, but for me the trade off has been well worth it.

I got SSD on the first try. I let them (SSA) fill our the form and called my Representative's local office when I heard nothing for several months. They were wonderful and after ten months I got the OK plus ten months of back pay.

For information purposes, dxed 2000 at age 53. symtpomatic since 1997 or earlier. 25/100 Sinemet x 3 and 6mg Requip x 3.