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Had an acupressure session this morning and spoke with a neurologist this afternoon. Awoke around 4am and couldn't stop the shaking so I might fall back to sleep--bummer! Finally got up and boiled some water, drank a cup, and was able to sleep a bit more. At 7am I gave up, turned on all the heaters and got up.

Here's what the neuro had to say --

The neuro said that he thought I was in good shape vis-a-vis the progression of the illness. In fact, he said he wouldn't strongly recommend using Western medications at this stage. As for the anxiety, he said that was out of his domain, that I should talk with my PCP, and see if he suggests talking to the psyche people regarding interventions--although he said he wouldn't recommend dealing with PD by using Western anti-anxiety drugs. He said he couldn't comment on the use of a nonaddicting Chinese anti-anxiety remedy.

He queried me as to the root cause of the anxiety--I didn't have a good answer--everything's making me anxious. I know it's a self-propelling mechanism--I just want to break into the cycle, disrupt the mechanism, and get back on track. If the Chinese remedy can do that, I want to try it.

He did the range of regular PD testings. He resolved my feeling of getting weaker to be more about stamina than power or force. No suggestions as to what to do other than having my PCP do his exams and see if it's related to diet/assimilation. I can't see the PCP until 1/11/08.

He had heard of the PDRecovery Project. I told him about the website.

All for now! Back to pondering the root causes of this anxiety episode. In the acupressure session this morning, all was still for about half the session--then the tremor kicked in and wouldn't let up. Is a puzzlement!

Having a bit of a grace period now. Feeling tired, jittery, but not sleepy.