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Hi, Re: sweating: it can be both--my mother had PD and was on only Cogentin--that's all there was--it's for tremor like Artane. Although she was only 88 lbs and 5'4" and was a size 12 just to fit her big bones, she perspired profusely. She really suffered in the heat, and in every other way. And I've heard this from others who say that the PD will do it--heat regulation is one of those autonomic systems that can get out of wack from PD. But, read the full text for excessive sweating under known side effects of PD drugs as well as many other drugs, like some antidepressants, especially SSRIs for example--I know some of those are known to cause excessive sweating in some people. I live in Northern Calif, where it is usually only moderately warm, and low humidity by day, and a glorious 25-30 degrees cooler at night when the fog comes in and brings down the temp and raises the humidity--you guessed it--I'm sweating like a pig unless it's December! After a shower, by the time I've struggled to dress and fuss to get ready, I'm all sweaty again and too tired to be bothered, but I go on anyway, and turn on the "air" in my car full blast--even often in cool weather. BTW, I'm taking 12-14 mg of requip, and have been as high as 16mg. But then, there was too much edema. I also take every other thing for PD and more. I was diagnosed in 98 (should have been 96 or even earlier), and I'm thinking DBS in the STN. I can't stand the trade-offs of symptoms vs side effects--it's a merry-go-round, and I'm already dizzy from the meds and PD! I wanna get off! sigh... Charlotte On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 16:29:57 EDT cwatts <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Charlotte You are correct in saying that 6mg of Requip > is not a therapeutic dose. I had such a bad experience with Mirapex > (sleeping) that we are increasing the dose of Requip slowly. The > dosage has just been increased to 2mg 3times daily along with > Selegiline 5mg 2times daily. I am starting to have a little more > energy but I am still very slow! > I was wondering if > anyone else on the list has noticed an intolerance to heat. I live > in Illinois and it has been really warm (90's) and if I am outside > only a short time, I sweat profusely. I am wondering if it is the > disease or the meds. Thanks Cathy > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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