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This is a very interesting account. Why would valium, a drug that should (in my mind) would depress function, work well to stop freezing in PD??? I'm curious. --------- Mary Ann (CG Jamie 67/27 with PD) www.bentwillowfarm.org > An interesting thing happened happen to me at the emergency room several > months ago. I had been in one of my off periods for several hours, when > ever i would get out of a chair or try to stand and walk I would bend > over and freeze. My wife insisted I go to the ER. I spent 8 hours in the > ER on my back not being able to lower my head down to the pillow. They > began giving me intervenes Valium, the stiffness left and I walked out. > > Since that time when ever I go into an off period I take a low dose > Valium (2mg) it puts me back on with in 20 minutes or less, this assumes I > have sinemet in my system and I don't have a full stomach. Some days I > don't need it at all other days I may take it 4 or 5 times over 15 hours. > If I don't consume any large amounts of food at any one time I can go most > of the day being near normal except for a couple short naps. > > I've had PD for nearly 15 years, I have tried all the drugs, I been in a > wheel chair, I've laid on the floor for hours not being able to move. The > best combination of drugs to manage my PD has been the low dose Valium and > sinemet cr. > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/618 - Release Date: 1/6/2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn