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Rick, it is interesting that you emailed today as a friend of ours who has had pd for 8 years is in long term care - of course they take his vitals on a regular basis. On Sat. they sent him to hospital because of the "missed or irregular beat" they detected. Fortunately the doctor on call was familiar with p.d. and said it was not uncommon for pd patients to have this change in beat - see your doctor for sure but it is probably quite within normal range. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Hermann" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:50 PM Subject: blips > Hey list, > > Lately I've been experiencing a strange symptom or perhaps medication side > effect. It is a little difficult to describe in words, but the analogy I use > is to a car engine "missing" on one of its cylinders. The episodes are > almost like mini-blackouts, but I don't lose consciousness. It's a "blip" > where I skip a beat--not a heartbeat; it's definitely in my brain. Physical > activity makes it happen more often. I take Requip, but had this thing > before I started taking it (I realize there are sleep-attack issues with > Requip, but this isn't like that). I'm 50 years old, diagnosed w/ PD almost > 4 years ago, also taking CR Sinemet, Comtan, Amantadine. I'm going to talk > to my neurologist about it today, but wondered if anyone has any idea what > I'm trying to describe or has had similar episodes. > > Rick Hermann > Bellingham, Washington > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn