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>She did reduce the medication and change the times, but only because he's >beginning to act-out his dreams. His speech is quite intelligible; he walks >around the room turning on lights; he hurls himself out of bed. The up side >is that if he ever has an affair, I'll know about it and give him something >to really shake about it. > >I really do want to thank everybody for their input. It makes a difference >to know we're not alone. > >***************************** >* With a smile in her byte, * >* [log in to unmask] * >***************************** Most PWP's are impotent, even if they don't admit it, even to themselves!! It's very hard to tell Essential Tremors from PD, except for the reaction to the medication. I had a young student Doctor this Summer when I was in a nursing home, who had essential tremors (he's 29) & when I mentioned that one Neurologist told me that the way to tell the difference was to have a small glass of wine. He told me that alcohol has a way of doubling up & catching up in essential tremors too, so that was not real test. Inderol does wonders for essential tremors, but not if you have Asthma. Why don't they do a PET scan at the Un. of Miami? That would save a trip to Atlanta. However, I have heard the Doctor, of the head of Neurology at Emory Un.(I'm sure that is where they mean), speak & he was a wonderful speaker. He said that the way he determined if it was essential tremors, PD, or tremors caused from other things, was to ask the patient what happens when he gets up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom. The Doctor said that if they say they fall , then you can rest assured that its PD. It's the only thing that causes that kind of imbalance after you have been asleep. Your Neurologist is correct in saying that no one wants to accept the PD diagnosis. Unless you have been diagnosed with something worse & the PD is the lesser of the two evils. Then its easier to accept. As Ever, Marjorie Moorefield just another librarian (with PD)