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I would love some help in dealing with my husband. He was diagnosed about three years ago here in Austria and it was confirmed by doctors in Philadelphia at the Graduate Hospital. Since then he has been under the care of a neurologist here in Vienna although he has seen him only twice in the last year and a half. Is this normal or do most patients see their doctors more frequently? Also, Bruce sometimes has a great deal of difficulty falling asleep - body alive, as he phrases it. He drinks warm milk and honey, or excersises to calm himself. Once asleep, his body is still alive - he knocks things off of his nightstand, occasionally punches me, and even hits his own hand on the nightstand. I sometimes have to sleep in another room when he becomes too restless. Comments anyone? His other problem is standing in one position - especially at cocktail parties. He wears knee braces because his knees are shot (from sports and now PD). Also, before he was diagnosed, he was having a lot of difficulty with reading - wandering eye. A super doctor in Wash DC/Chevy Chase, Md. , Dr Alpere had him fitted with prism glasses which currently need a new prescription. Does anyone else have this problem???? Does it get worse?? Actually, I am quite nervous about our future - will it get worse, not at all, slowly, quickly, etc Thank God for his wonderful sense of humour- and quick wit. Enough for now- ah yes, he takes Sinemet 25/100 about 2 and a half a day, two eldypryl and one half Dopagin in the evening. Thanks in advance for any comments. Maxine Cooper [log in to unmask] Marcel Michiels Wirtschaftsuniversit=E4t Wien International MBA Program Augasse 2-6, 1090 Wien Tel. 0043/1/31336/5312 =46ax: 0043/1/31336/768 E-Mail: [log in to unmask]