Would support everything that Greg has said. There are more than a few people here with long experience of ldopa. Their experiential understanding of what happens is valuable. It is a complex subject, and I would urge you to keep reading, not to be impatient, and not to want definitive answers. There are none. It is a very individual disease, there are very individual reponses to medication, and it takes time to learn to live with it, and to learn about it.

it isn't a time limit as such, it is a warning that things may not be as simple as they sound in the beginning.

Best wishes and welcome to the forum.

Lindy