I'm somewhat new to this site only because I've been reading and learning from all the great posts for a few months now but just haven't posted anything till now.
So much to say and ask, but let me start with the basics. I'm in my mid 40s and have been very healthy throughout my life until I was diagnosed with Early Onset PD in the spring of 2016. For the past year I have taken 4mg Neupro patch and just recently increased Amantadine from 100mg two times/day to three times a day. I've also been a fairly regular exercise program (based on info from this site). Although I still don't believe I have this condition Overall Im doing ok. However, I feel The combo of exercise and meds isn't quite right yet to fix my gate and my balance which is way out of wack now (I feel like I look drunk a lot of the the time). In any case, I'm very interested in avoiding more medications as long as possible but I need other options that really work. Lastly I live just outside of Chicago and I'm thinking it may be time to make some connections to other PWP since I have yet to have any. So send me a message.