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>Hi, I'd like to know if anyone out there has gone on a "drug holiday". > > >S.Hatchard >I TRIED A DRUG HOLIDAY ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO FOR ABOUT 6 DAYS. THE PD SYMPTOMS HOWEVER, BECAME SO SEVERE I HAD TO DISCONTINUE. (DYSTONIA) WHICH WAS CRAMPING AND SEVERE ACHING. I HAD A Pallidotomy PERFORMED IN Sweden JAN 1994 AND AM CURRENTLY TRYING THE HOLIDAY AGAIN. I'M IN MY 6th DAY AND I'M DOING QUIT WELL. I DONT HAVE THE DYSTONIA PROBLEM AND THE ACCOMPANYING ACHING IS NOT THERE. I FEEL THAT IS A RESULT OF THE Pallidotomy. I AM EXPERIENCING LOSS OFF MOVEMENT, DEXTERITY, SLOW SPEECH AND SHUFFLING WHEN I WALK. (ALL PD SYMPTOMS). BUT AT TIME I FEEL QUITE WELL. I HAVE TWO REASONS FOR TRYING THE HOLIDAY. 1. I FEEL SO NORMAL AT TIMES I QUESTION WHEATHER I AM SICK OR IF I'm SICK, HOW SICK AM I. SO I STOPED THE MEDS TO SEE IF I'm REALLY SICK AND IF SO HOW SICK. SO FAR EACH TIME I've PROVEN I'm SICK. 2. I WONDER ENDLESSLY HOW FAR THE PD HAS PROGRESSED BECAUSE THE MEDS DO SUCH A GOOD JOB OF MASKING THE SYMPTOMS THAT I'm IMPELLED TO STOP THE MEDS TO SEE. KIND OF LIKE A SELF PUNISHMENT I SUPPOSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS ASSISTED YOU BUT AT LEAST IT'S ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW/ Gary D. Crowe Grandview, WA INTERNET <[log in to unmask]>