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Welcome, Bruce. Scott ===== Original Message From Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> ===== >Hi - I am a Professor of Neuroscience at The John Curtin School of Medical >Research at The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. I >was diagnosed with PD in my late forties - I am now 57. At first I took >cabergoline, a dopamine D2 agonist. This made little difference to my >symptoms (mostly tremor). I am now on sinemet, which is great. However, >over the past 3-4 years I developed severe psychosis - mostly paranoid >delusions - and was hospitalized a number of times. The psychotic episodes >were frightening for myself and my family. Luckily for me, my wife is a >wonderful person and she managed to hold our family together (we have a >teenage daughter and a teenage son). Tracking back, it appears that the >dopamine agonist was to blame, because shortly after I stopped taking it, >I returned to normal with no psychosis. I hope it stays that way ! >I would be interested in other people's experiences with dopamine >agonists. I am hopeful that research into PD will lead to more effective >treatments - it looks promising and I am optimistic. >I am looking forward to interacting with others who have PD. >Cheers, >Bruce > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn Scott E. Antes Department of Anthropology Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn