Here's a quick history on my PD.

I'm , 53 years old or*young, I was diagnosed with PD back in March 2001. I had a minimal exposure to PD meds back then , just long enough (one month on sinemet) to see an improvement and convinced me that I have PD. Whatever PD is. I started taking lots of vitamins, antioxidants, eating better, exercising the best I can, meditating, acupuncture, Ti-Chi,* tried PDrecovery, Chi-Gong, visualizing techniques, energy work, etc. etc. I'm sure it all helped, but eventually I needed a* walker and could barely take care of myself. By February of 2006, I was looking into getting a* wheelchair. I couldn't take it any longer, so I regrettably*broke down and decided to take Sinemet. In about a week, sinemet started to work. And in about a month,* I was a completely different person. I could walk, got my balance back, started to get back my normal weight and I could even ride my mountain bike again. But in only 6 months of taking sinemet, I found it was taking* longer and longer to kick in, not lasting as long and sometimes it wouldn't kick in at all. Sometimes I would take 1 1/2 tablets of Sinemet CR 200/50, at a time, with no effect at all. Talk about being scared all over again. I knew getting on sinemet would be a limited ride, but I never thought it could be this short for me.
** * * When I heard about "Mucuna Pruriens"* (Zandopa also called HP-200),* a natural herb from India, about a year ago, I got very interested. I gradually reduced my Sinemet CR 200/50 from 5 tablets a day to only one a day and replacing it with mucuna.
* * * * I feel like this "Mununa" (Zandopa) is REALLY HELPING me a lot. I*take it 3 or 4 times a day and can pretty well function normally when the herbs kick in, not*bad considering that I was ready for a wheelchair. When*the herbs wear off, my PD symptoms still comes back, but not nearly*as bad as before.*

Sincerely,
Max

welcome dear Max
I am a young onset parkie too - very interested in your self study =
as a matter of fact -we have many at the PD forum here at Neurotalk
that would love for you to come and share your news!
here is the direct link to the PD Forum,
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum34.html
sincerely,
tena

Max,

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Great to see you have come to be with us. You will find a great number of caring, supporting members here willing to help each other as they can.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene

Hi Tena, Thank you for the warm welcome.
I'll post a quick note on the PD forum.
Thank you for the link....
sincerely,
Max

Hello Darlene,
Thank you for the warm welcome.
I'm looking forward to get involved with this group.
Sincerely,
Max