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Carolia, losing the sense of smell is very often the first symptom of a Parkinson's diagnosis. I lost mine years ago, but some people never lose theirs. My sister will come for a visit and about the first words out of her mouth are "You need to change the cat boxes." I have some facial rigidity, but what's going to suck the most is losing my voice to what they call the Parkinson's Whisper. If I can't talk, I can't teach, and that is the prime motivation for getting out of bed and dressed for a good portion of my year. I think if Sinemet was going to cause me to kill myself, I'd have done it years ago. My first neurologist had me on three times the dosage prescribed by my present doctor.
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