I had said 25 years before, but that was just after it was diagnosed. My father kept trucking with Parkinson's for like two decades and kept working as a carpenter. It was strokes and his heart that finally made him stop working. You can go for a really long time and have a normal life so don't lose hope.
One tip though, DO NOT EVER stop taking your medication. My father took his medication for years and was fine with minor adjustments, then decided he was going to go cold turkey and tough it out. It basically caused him to crash and it melted his brain. He aged about 15 years in a few months, loss of motor control and he went really crazy. He was never the same after that.

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