On Thu 05 Dec, George Lussier wrote:
>         Dear John,
>         Dear Buck,
>         Dear Buck Rogers,
>     A multiple choice salutation. Cool!  Let me say at the beginning that
> I'm not a doctor  so what follows is purely my own projections into your
> problem. I'm sure one or more of the smarter members will be along with
> something really helpful.
>     Artane [Trihexyphenidyl HCL] as I remember it, was used to treat the
> side effects from the Phenothiazines which were used to treat psychotic
> thinking. The side effects often looked like PD symptoms so we know that it
> is a drug to be taken or not with much seriousness. I do hope you are doing
> this search under a MD guidance. You didn't mention if or how you tapered
> off the Artane which could be a problem.
>     You could be experiencing a couple of problems. First you could have
> had your "lights turned on"       [ Funny when something goes wrong for me
> my "lights go out"] due to the absence of the Artane. In other words,
> withdrawal. Secondly, something much more sinister could be happening and
> that involves the absence of the Artane allowing the hitherto silent side
> effects of the Madopar and/or the Parlodel to hold court. Remember that the
> Artane is widely used to treat the side-effects of other drugs.I'm not
> familiar with the Madopar but I understand it is similar to Sinemet. I'm
> quite familiar with the Parlodal. I took it for only a few doses but it
> ripped me into many pieces. Left me totally dysfunctional for a few days
> but that doesn't sound like what is happening with you . You sound like you
> are getting too much of something.
>    I hope Brian Collins responds to your posting. I don't usually respond
> to drug questions[and I can see why you might wish I didn't ] but I am
> interested since I'm getting off a couple or three drugs myself.I will
> encourage you to get yourself a wise physician if you are without. Good
> luck.
>       george  [[log in to unmask]]
>           AGANE
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Hello George - Just a brief note (as you will have seen, I had already sent
 an answer to John)
   I think that you mis-understood the talk about lights. (At least, one of
us did, so we had better sort out who!)  As I read it, John was feeling
mentally 'fuzzy' and suspected that Artane was the cause.. He stopped
taking the Artane, and got an immediate improvement in his mental state:
"The lights came back on". Unfortunately he also got increased tremor and
slowness of movement, and his note was asking for help in addressing these
problems.
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Brian Collins  <[log in to unmask]>