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Did ur doc say anything about taking it after laying for a certain amount of minutes, then sitting for a few minutes, then standing for a few minutes?? Some like it taken right upon postional change and sometimes they like it taken after 2 minutes. Ask him/her. Take a note as to how much water you are taking in. Rick Hermann wrote: > > I spoke with my neurologist about these episodes, and she suspects low blood > pressure may be a factor. So I will be taking my blood pressure at different > points during the day and evening to get a sense of whether there is any > correspondence between low bp times and occurance of the blips. My sense is > that it has something to do with dopamine (what doesn't these days?) > variability associated with l-dopa and agonist level changes. But I don't > really know. Thanks to all who responded to my earlier post. > Rick Hermann > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lorraine Jeffe [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:59 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: blips > > The discussion of "blackout" spells" is interesting.I referred to these > short > events as dizziness,but the descriptions that are being given seem to > describe > them better. I have been on Requip since mid summer. Just recently(the last > few) > days I've been taking it every 7 or 8 hrs. and have had just one > "spell".However, I never kept records before.Also I don't recall ever > experiencing this before the Requip. > > Lorraine Jeffe > > Linda J Herman wrote: > > > Rick and list, > > I have also experience similar "blips" - Rick described them very well > > - not a blackout or sleep attack, but a feeling llike you've "missed a > > beat in your brain." Like you're watching a movie and one frame is > > missing. These sensations have been so brief and infrequent that i > > thought i was just imagining them - so it's interesting that a number of > > others experience them too - if we are all actually describing the same > > thing. > > I also take ReQuip (5 mg/3 x day) and also Sinemet CR 25/100 and > > seligiline. > > I will start keeping track of when these occur in relation to drug > > schedule and what i'm doing at the time and see if there's any pattern. > > Rick, please let us know what your doctor said about it. > > Linda > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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