----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: "davidmeigs" <[log in to unmask]> Aan: <[log in to unmask]> Verzonden: vrijdag 11 augustus 2000 10:22 Onderwerp: Parkie Center - WOW! Hi David, >> I had "vivid dreams" 3 or 4 years ago, and a few recently. I thought it was just a reaction to drugs that caused it in PD. It turns out it is just another symptom of PD some people have. << Yes, it's PD, but can get more, and more vivid, because of the meds. Sometimes they can be so vivid you actually can "kick" your partner out of bed! >> Another symptom I have had for years is "inner tremor". << A well known symptom of PD. >> The dyskensia is another thing though. This is one of a few things that makes me wonder IF PD is the shoe that fits. I get involuntary movements at times, and I take no drugs. These are much worse with stress. << If you get sudden jerking, sometimes with cramp, movements, these can be "clonic" contractions, cogwheel-like, but with bigger movement. >> A loud noise, or sudden movement makes me "jump". If I am walking in a parking lot, and a car starts, or starts to move, I "jump" like being startled. Even if I see it coming. Someone sitting behind me making noise has the same effect. << Yes, "bang"-noises make me jump too from time to time. Do you have trouble with people standing or walking close behind you, that that is irritating, seems kind of threatening? >> after waiting for an hour << >> walk slower than usual << >> My voice dropped way down in volume, etc... STRESS INDUCED! << Yes. >> Maybe that is why my symptoms go up & down! Hmmmmm. << Symptoms may come and go like waves, waves of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years. (In the end they are of course worse than in the beginning). >> My neck pain & head ache << The neck and facial muscles can get "overworked", giving pain and headaches. Also sometimes the "sinusses" of the nose can get painful or cramping, like you have a bad cold. >> She hopes you don't think we live in a mad house << Ain't everybody with PD living in a "mad" house?? :))) Hans.