Sinemet could also make it better. In my case, and many others, I have wearing off" dystonia. When my sinemet runs low, I get the dystonia. Without the sinemet ii'd be a human pretzel. Greg -------Original Message------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 4:10:06 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: dystonia Nigel although some dystonias are medicine related some cases are definitely a symptom of PD particularly in Young Onset PD as I have. I do not take medication and have extremely painful dystonia in both legs. My movement disorder specialist says there is not much to do for it as the sinemet can make it worse, in the meantime I take muscle relaxers to give me some relief Sherry 48/38 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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