I started with pain. It was and continues to be awful. I searched for answers for 7 years. It was demoralizing and discouraging. As a female, when you go to the doctor complaining of pain, you get the same response, 'you have had a few birthdays. ". Not helpful. 🤦‍♀️
I had different doctors and every test I could think of to figure out what the he🏑🏑 was going on. Then the falls. ER worthy, story telling gold.
Once I started the Carbadopa Levodopa it made a great deal of difference. This was the confirmation of my diagnosis.
It has been 1 year since my diagnosis, I am not as good as I was but the pain is manageable with pain management and my increasing Carbadopa Levodopa. Things might have progressed slower but I had a very serious case of covid in January and February. It has accelerated my Parkinson's. I am still able to walk, just not very far. My personality is changing and not in a good way. I still get excruciating pain....a crushing pain that feels like a concrete wall pressing down getting heavier and heavier. Not fun.
I have been blessed with a loving husband and a very supportive family and friends. That and a 'safe word' to remind me that my Parkinson's is talkin ..ABORT MISSION!!! ☺😆🤣

I manage my pain with gabapentin and THC. I sleep very well when i wake up i have no pain at all for a while. Right now i a mm going on 2 hours.

Going to be 58 and on Disability. Since 2019

mine is nueropothy in my feet. The pain is so bad i cannot walk. I thought I could work until I was 70 years old but that did not work I'm 61 and on disability.