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Hello all, I'm just wondering if other drugs for parkinson may also cause obssesive compulsive behaviour. I asked my doctor for dopamine agonist drugs but he refrained from doing so because I play too much poker already (was playing since i was 20 but stopped at 23 due to lack of gaming availability, but now that there's the "online" environment 24/7). Regards, Ken Nguyen (38ys old, diagnosed 2.5 yrs ago, on levadopa and selegiline) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Snyder" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 5:21 PM Subject: new website to aid those who have problems w/ agonists > my girlfriend, who has a horror story to tell about the ravages of > mirapex on her own life, has recently set up a website to help all of > the many people out there who have developed O/C disorder and extreme > changes such as addictions to sex, gambling, shopping, drinking etc. > after starting the use of mirapex, requip, and other pd agonist drugs. i > i know only too well how this can tear a person apart and profoundly > affect the family support group. my thing was to max out all the credit > cards and have my husband confront me. i begged and i pleaded for some > understanding. after canceling all of my access to our money and to > those damn credit cards, he began a rapid spiral descent into > alcoholism. for two years our lives were living hell.the guilt that i > felt for causing all of this nearly caused me to consider a way out by > suicide. thank the good Lord that my husband sought treatment and > counseling for our family. he has been sober for almost 5 years now and > he will nevver take a drink again because he knows that if he does, it > will kill him. the man that i fell in love with is back living in our > home again and the entire family is healing. i have been on mirapex for > about 8 or 9 years and everytime i have tried cutting down or coming off > of it, i go into withdrawls. i now take 5-1.5 mgs. a day but no longer > have the compulsions that drove me nearly mad for a long time. it helps > that i keep myself busy and that i don't handle any of the money in our > household nor do i have access to the money that i raise for CALIPSO (so > _please_ don't worry if you have made a contribution to my > organization!!) so, if you are feeling all alone out there thinking that > no one understands or cares, please visit this excellennt website: > http://www.mirapexvictims.org/home.html > it is becoming such a fact of life that it was even the subject of a > Peopke magazine article recently. > > > -- > > Joan Blessington Snyder 54/16 > [log in to unmask] > www.calipso-pd.org > “Hang tough……..no way through it but to do it.” > Chris in the Morning Northern Exposure > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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