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>Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 20:21:52 -0500 >From: Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Lets hear it for Sinemet-Reply for Coleen >Hello coleen; to answer one part of your e-mail ( so what is >causing the vivid dreams?), I would say that there is virtually >no doubt that it is caused by the selegilene which has been >prescribed for you. Maybe your neurologist 'forgot' to mention >it, but as selegeline breaks down in the brain, it forms Amphetamine >(That's right - SPEED !!) Many years ago, I was prescribed Selegiline, >had the same vivid dreams, and promptly took myself off them. I >remember saying " You can fiddle with my brain, but hands off my >mind!" You were put on selegilene because a) it protects the >dopamine by blocking a reaction which normally causes breakdown >of dopamine. i.e. it prolongs the time that dopamine is available, >and b) Selegiline was thought to be 'neuro - protective' : it may >protect you from whatever it is that causes PD. Item b) has now been >shown to be a false hope (It took one of the biggest tests of its >type (The DATATOP series) and 8 years to come to that conclusion. I >understand that a lot of people are finding it difficult to give up!!! >Regards, -- Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]> (59/39/34] hi all we each have different responses to meds we each have differing opinions on information and experiences but unfortunately opinions are not facts on which to base medical self-education i advise anyone interested in accurate med information to search the list archives or pubmed for the medical studies and their conclusions janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0