Hi.
Have u ever asked about presyncope or sleep apnea or stress test ? A
stress test is more than just walking on a treadmill. There are 3-4
different kinds. Take a look at www.ndrf.org and ask ur doc again.

nancy m.

Donald Diswinka wrote:
>
> on 11/13/01 12:50 PM,     Rick Hermann at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > Hey list,
> >
> > Lately I've been experiencing a strange symptom or perhaps medication side
> > effect. It is a little difficult to describe in words, but the analogy I use
> > is to a car engine "missing" on one of its cylinders. The episodes are
> > almost like mini-blackouts, but I don't lose consciousness. It's a "blip"
> > where I skip a beat--not a heartbeat; it's definitely in my brain. Physical
> > activity makes it happen more often. I take Requip, but had this thing
> > before I started taking it (I realize there are sleep-attack issues with
> > Requip, but this isn't like that). I'm 50 years old, diagnosed w/ PD almost
> > 4 years ago, also taking CR Sinemet, Comtan, Amantadine. I'm going to talk
> > to my neurologist about it today, but wondered if anyone has any idea what
> > I'm trying to describe or has had similar episodes.
> >
> > Rick Hermann
> > Bellingham, Washington
> >
> Rick
>
> I have had these episodes even when I was a kid many many years ago. They
> happen as per your description.   I feel like I am about to loose
> consciousness but never do. I feel like I stop breathing; the body totally
> stops functioning; I cannot move. At that time the body(brain) seems to go
> into complete panic mode and recover itself. I can never time them how long
> they last :(.  I would get them once or twice a year. Some years went
> episode free. I described them to my  mds nuerologist he is at a loss to
> explain why or what happens. Approx. 2 years before I was diagnosed the
> frequency arose dramatically like one episode per bedtime for over 20 days
> in a row every couple of months. After taking medication for pd+  for over 4
> years the episodes appear to be unaffected but less in frequency. Now I get
> them for about 10-14 days in a row approximately every three or four months.
> Just as fast as they mysteriously appear they disapear. I have seen a few
> Specialist Doctors also about this and they have no answer either. The
> episodes  shifted in occurrance frequency and time of day just in the two
> years prior to PD+ diagnoses and currently occur 90% of time to when I lay
> down in bed. The other 10% can be either sitting or standing.  For my first
> 47 years they were just minor once in a while daytime episodes unrelated to
> any sort of position or activity, although I got them mostly while being in
> a sitting position and  very very rarely at bedtime.
> You are the first person who I have heard from who has had this similiar
> type of episode.
>
> I would be interested to what your nuero has to say about these episodes.
>
> Don 52/4  PD+
>
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