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Rick I think you describing something like a "petit mal" seizure. I refer to these as "gaps". I find I will loose anything up to ten minutes at a time, almost as if I am "day-dreaming", which is what I thought I was doing. It was only after I started taking epillepsy medication - tegratol I think - prescribed after a series of three "grand mal" seizure that I realised that I wasn't day-dreaming! The diagnosis of epilepsy was made just over a year before I was diagnosed with PD, despite a clear EEG. I still have "gaps" when I am physically tired or under medicated or perhaps just notice them more. I no longer take epilepsy medication. Regards, Dave aka the Nodding Man >>> Laugh, be creative and touch someone's life everyday <<< http://paces.compushop.co.za/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Hermann" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 8:50 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