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Hi, I'm not a doctor or professional, but I take a little informtation from here and a little from there and then write the newsletter for our support group. This topic was in the newsletter a few months ago, so I thought I'd copy it for you. I've also read that when this happens, it's only perceived, you're not really hot. Altho that answer cam from a neuro, I didn't believe it, so I didn't include it in the article! nina I'M BURNING UP AND IT'S NOT EVEN HOT I once wrote an article titled "I'm Freezing and It's Not Even Cold"--now I'm sweating and it's not even hot. In polite company, it is said that "women don't sweat ~ they perspire, glisten or glow." I'm here to tell you, with water dripping from my head, that I sweat. After going through menopause without hot flashes, I never anticipated that Parkinson's would play havoc with my internal temperature controls. Parkinson's affects a part of the nervous system that regulates blood pressure, heart rate, bowel movements, and bladder function as well as maintaining body temperature. While not completely understood, scientists have found that abnormal sensations of heat or cold, impaired sweating responses and hypothermia (low body temperature) can all occur in the advancing stages of an untreated person with Parkinson's. Some of these phenomena disappear with levodopa treatment (Sinemet) which suggests that dopamine may play a role in regulating our temperature. Taking a dopamine agonist might be beneficial for the severe drenching sweats that occur at end-of dose or "off" periods. Although it's rarely as severe as in the "off" state, peak dose dyskinesia (abnormal movements from high doses of levodopa and/or long term levodopa therapy) can also cause sweating. Beta-adrenergic blockers are often helpful with "off"-period sweating. Sweating may also be caused by other physical problems, so be sure to check with your doctor. Carol Gray wrote: > DOES ANYONE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHICH THEY FEEL IS MEDICATION INDUCED?