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on 11/13/01 12:50 PM, Rick Hermann at [log in to unmask] wrote: > 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 > Rick I have had these episodes even when I was a kid many many years ago. They happen as per your description. I feel like I am about to loose consciousness but never do. I feel like I stop breathing; the body totally stops functioning; I cannot move. At that time the body(brain) seems to go into complete panic mode and recover itself. I can never time them how long they last :(. I would get them once or twice a year. Some years went episode free. I described them to my mds nuerologist he is at a loss to explain why or what happens. Approx. 2 years before I was diagnosed the frequency arose dramatically like one episode per bedtime for over 20 days in a row every couple of months. After taking medication for pd+ for over 4 years the episodes appear to be unaffected but less in frequency. Now I get them for about 10-14 days in a row approximately every three or four months. Just as fast as they mysteriously appear they disapear. I have seen a few Specialist Doctors also about this and they have no answer either. The episodes shifted in occurrance frequency and time of day just in the two years prior to PD+ diagnoses and currently occur 90% of time to when I lay down in bed. The other 10% can be either sitting or standing. For my first 47 years they were just minor once in a while daytime episodes unrelated to any sort of position or activity, although I got them mostly while being in a sitting position and very very rarely at bedtime. You are the first person who I have heard from who has had this similiar type of episode. I would be interested to what your nuero has to say about these episodes. Don 52/4 PD+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn