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@louismines
Thank you!
If you would be so kind to share, What length of time was needed for your body to adjust to meds? Are/were you on levodopa/carbodopa? Are you on multiple meds?
I discussed with my doctor, that the levodopa was in fact not just not helping me , but in fact making my symptoms much worse. He said he would not insist that I keep on taking drugs that were not helping. He did not want to get into trying agonists because he feels they have too many side effects.
We were both encouraged that rasagiline seemed to make some positive difference. Rasagiline is having no bad side effects for me, unfortunately it is not sufficient to mitigate my symptoms sufficiently. Above all my symptoms remain fatigue, weakness, and stiffness. Exercise helps quite a bit. As mentioned above I am now waiting to try apomorphine infusion when it becomes available.