Thank you for your responses annebernadette, Pebble, caroline211, ray of sunshine, lilly, Kate, sallymac, krugen88, Posh Bird, fish, Tilly2, English Country Dancer, peejay, bodget, turnip, marina, dotty, viv!
here goes 1. Wife of pwp 2. 43 3. Feb 2002 4. Stalevo, Madopar, Madopar dispersible, apomorphine pen ( for respiratory dystonia), apomorphine infusion. awaiting funding decision for Duadopa infusion due to devastating affects of DA's again !!!) 5. Insulin, statin, domperidone
1 pwp 2 48 3 2000 dx 2008 4 ropinirole xl x24mg madopar x 125mg 4x day madopar cr x 125mg 1x day amantadine 100mg 1x day
citalopram 6omg 1x day paracetamol 500mg 4x day docusate sodium 200mg 2x day movicol sachets 4x day telmisartan 80mg 1x day bendroflumethiazide 2.5mg 1x day
Age 46 dx'ed, but tremors began about 8 years earlier Dx'ed May 2011, previously told essential tremor Haven't taken any meds yet Exercise keeps me going
1) PWP 2) 58 3) May 2009 4) Amitriptyline (5 years ago for sleep problems before PD dx) Ropinerol 2mgs then 4mgs; Domperidone (just started last week 20/8/11))
Waiting to see when the symptoms get better and surprised that not a lot of PWP get Ropinerol as their first medication
Thank you to the most recent contributors to this thread:
MaryLlainwen, trumble, butterfly19553, bubble x, ali j, drobb, lizzy p, mylife, blueeyes47, maggieb, rubbish, daz, Lin2, renee, Christo and buzzicle.
Hope I didn't leave anyone out.
Anyone else feel free to add to the thread (whether you are a PwP, relative or friend of a PwP or carer). It's never too late to answer the questions on Page 1. The aim was to give newcomers to this site a glimpse of the wide range of people afflicted with PD on this site.
To help newcomers on this site let's tell them briefly about (1) whether we are a PwP or a Carer or relative/friend of a PwP (2) age at diagnosis of PwP (3) date of diagnosis of PwP (4) current PD meds of PwP (5) current other (prescribed) meds of PwP