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Keith’s symptoms have progressed slowly since he was diagnosed in 2004. His symptoms are tremor in his left hand, slowness and fatique. He is currently taking Madopar.

Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> 5-7 years >> Jean - Interview 33 >> Jean had been told several times that she had nothing wrong with her so her diagnosis came as a kind of vindication.

Jean had noticed jumping in one leg and general difficulty walking for at least two years before she was diagnosed with both Parkinsons Disease and ME, having at fist been told she had nothing wrong with her. To high doses of her medication resulted in her having hallucinations.

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