Sure, I've had several instances of denial.... "no, I don't have Parkinson's"... well, maybe I do. I certainly seem to have most of the symptoms. I've gone thru several doctors and several years of meds. I've had all the experts tell me that I absolutely have PD, take the meds and one told me to go buy a cane! The guy with the cane remark was lucky I didn't follow his advice and come back and beat him with it.... so much for bedside manner. I am taking Carbidopa/levodopa 25/100 (1.5 every 4 hours round the clock) and Comtan 200 (1 every 4 hours round the clock). Just the other day, I went to the dr and suddenly there was a big concern over the amount of meds I am taking. hmmmm???? Confused me since it was the dr who prescribed it, I didn't determine the dosage, he did. Now there's a big deal about taking me completely off all meds to see how I look and act. Scary! So, I walk out the door with a big schedule in hand of how I am to reduce the meds down to 0 in the next 6 weeks.
Anyone else have this experience? Anyone else discover that they didn't have PD after several years? I've got to say that I work a full time job and the idea of going off the meds while trying to maintain my life is really, really scary. Any thoughts?