Dear Folks, I hope you can help me. I have been on this list for almost a year now. I'm afraid I haven't contributed much but have learned a lot, both about Parkinsons and about compassion. Meds: about ever 2 hours from 4am to 8pm Permax 0.25mg (ll per day). Sinimet 25/100 (1 4x a day). Sinemet CR 50/200 (2 a day). Eldepryl 2 per day. DX: 6 years Age: 62 I was doing fairly well until about 1 week ago. I was told by my neuro that changes in Parkinsons came about gradually. This has proved to be the case up until now. About a week ago I swithched from 150mg of Doxepin for sleep to Ambien 10mg ( 1 1/2 tablets per night). The reason I switched was with the Doxepin, I would find myself falling asleep reading the papers in the morning. With the sleep medication I got a much better night's sleep but all kinds of complications. I talked to my neuro yesterday and he said the Ambien was a good med and was not the cause of my problem. He suggested a slight adjustment in my med schedule, essentially the dropping of one Sinimet a day. I'm not sure whether we were communica- ting on the phone but I don't feel the he understood the problem. I have subsequently made an appointment to see him tomorrow. HERE'S THE PROBLEM: Two weeks ago I could walk fairly well unasssiated in the morning from 4am to noon. In the afternoon, I could get around , drive the car, go shopping, or go out to eat, with the assistance of my cane. Up until last week I could do 3 miles on my stationary bike every morning. Today, I could not use the bike, I could not move around except with great difficulty and using my cane. I managed to take a shower, but could not stand up to shave. It is now noon and I have taken 2 Sinimet and 1 CR, 5 Permax and 1 Eldepryl. I am still not moving but I do not as yet have dyskinesis. Yesterday at this time I had experimented with 3 1/2 Sinimet and 1 CR and 5 Permax and had experienced the worst case of dyskin- esia I ever had between 10am and 12;30pm. In the last week, I have experienced a burning sensation behind my knees and in my calves in the afternoon. This again is a new symptom. I guess my point is I am much worse today than I was a week ago. If anybody has some ideas, I would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks, Ted Nelson