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Yes ! And how. My father has PD. It is one of the hallmarks of the dementia associated with PD. I'm not saying you have dementia, but those PD w/ dementia apparently exhibit this behaviour. With my father it has become embarrassing and lewd. -R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Hermann" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 4:07 PM Subject: psychological side-effects of medications > Hi all, > > I spoke recently with a TIAA/CREF retirement planning consultant at my > workplace whose brother was diagnosed with MS about two years ago. He is > taking the current standard medication for MS (the name of which I > unfortunately don't remember). This came up when I told the consultant that > I had Parkinson's. I asked how badly off his brother was with MS. He > responded that he was still mobile, and that the most difficult thing was a > psychological side-effect of the medication. "He can't behave maturely," he > said of his 35-year-old brother. "He's totally changed, like he's reverted > emotionally to adolescence. He's become a girl-chaser." This caught my > attention because I, a 49-year-old married PWP, started having "crushes" on > female co-workers and other female acquaintances not long after beginning > my course of medications for PD 2.5 years ago. I take Sinemet CR and > Requip. So could there be a connection? I've been reluctant to note this as > a potential side-effect with my neurologist, and don't know if it is. I'm > also a midlife male, with that whole can of worms attached. Before I start > sounding like a talk-show guest, let me just ask if anyone, male or female, > has any experience with, I guess, libido increase as a "side-effect" of > Parkinson's medication. > > Rick