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Yes maybe depression has something to do with it also. Sometimes we joke = about her forgeting to ask for her Sinemet when she is out shopping. She started taking Parlodel again after being off it for 3 months. I do = not know why her neuro made her stop taking it in the first place and = then make her take it again after 3 months . Something about her PD that baffled her neuro at first. When her PD = symptoms attack, it always starts at her abdomen. Very unlike most who = complain of tremors. Her abdomen starts getting rigid first and she = complains of really terrible pain.Then the pain radiates from her = abdomen to her limbs, especially the legs. During her off periods she complains that she feels so bloated but = cannot empty her bowels, nor urinate even if her bladder seems so full. And to complicate that, she also suffers from osteoporosis and = scoliosis. A physical therapist comes to the house to give her exercises = daily. And to make her wear her body brace for a few minutes each day. The past three days have been worrisome for us. We kept checking her = blood pressure which was very erratic, from as high as 180/110 to as low = as 140/70 in a span of 15 minutes. She was not allowed to take any = medication for her blood pressure, nor was she allowed to take "Viox" = for the pain. Her neuro gave her Valium 5mg., which helped ease the pain = and let her sleep for 90 minutes at mist. So for now we give her Valium 5mg. 3x a day.=20 Tell me anyone, do people die because of PD? If they do... how does it = take them? Mother said she is afraid the rigidity will one day creep up = to her heart and make her stop breathing. Maybe she is afraid she will = still be mentally alert but not be able to breath, and that scares her. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn