All that you say is true and I've experienced it all over the years. I am fortunate enough to have doctors who actually do listen, evidenced by the fact that they prescribed this medication off-label. After my success, I was stunned to hear him say that I was right all along. Normally, they skate around something like that. I really see it now that I'm down the road a little bit. When I first wake up, I still feel just as terrible as I have over the last decade...UNTIL right after I take the Sinemet and it all resolves within ten minutes. The contrast between how I feel on the med vs. without it is stark. It's no worse than it was, it's just easier to see and feel the contrast in real time now. I can't imagine how many other patients are going through the same experience as I was and I just want to get the word out there so that anyone suffering the same can try it out and see if that's also their issue. My doctor cited another patient who they'd diagnosed with ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyilits/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) fixing their condition with a similar drug. It frustrated me to hear that, thinking "why didn't you say something to me at the time you read that. My issue had also been called ME/CFS more than once. Anyway, that's all in the past now. I've got my life back!