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> >Now, Dr. van der Lnden, here is where the internet comes in - once we have > >our own "designer scale," we can share it with others. There will be some > >scaling items for one person that are different from the scaling items of > >others, some that are the same. And as we share our designer scales > >through the internet, each of us may pick up some points that we had missed > >on ourselves and change our own "designer scale." I couldn't agree more. My husband and I are about to construct a simple scale by which we can evaluate a change in his medication. Jamie has had terrible problems with the dyskinesis associated with Mirapex, but we hesitate to discontinue the drug because it prevents his dystonia and decreases his tremor. So....as we increase Mirapex and decrease Sinemet we have constructed a rudimentary time scale in order to assess his functioning. As we've progressed in this experiment we have found the time scale to be inadequate, and now feel the need to develop a slightly more sophisticated tool. Any suggestions from list members would be much appreciated. Since Jamie is doing the recording of his progress - and is very limited in fine motor coordination (I'm sure many of you can identify with that problem), we need something quick, easy, and accurate. ----- God bless Mary An (CG Jamie 60/20) P.S. FYI, all changes in my husband's meds are being over-seen by his neuro - who couldn't suggest a performance tool that we could use to assess function, BTW.