I wonder why Amantadine works.
Does it do wonders for all PDers?
It must be significant that an ANTIVIRAL medicine is of more help to me than sinemet.

I got completely tired out on our little vacation a couple of weeks ago. I had painful dystonia, swollen feet, aching hips, no balance at all, and my feet wouldn't walk properly. Between meds. I froze, I fell and my tremor was uncontrollable.

"So this is how PD punishes those who try to do too much," I thought. "Rest, and it will start to get better."

But it didn't get better. Not until I thought I'd give Amantadine a try. I stopped taking it a few months ago and had been doing well without it.
And it works like a miracle drug. I have no more dystonia, no pain, no freezing, my feet work, my balance is fine, and my tremor is under control.
All the improvements occurred with the first pill, and I feel like myself again.

Does this mean that PD - my PD - may be a virus.....?
Why on earth does a flu medicine help this much?