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On Thu 05 Dec, George Lussier wrote: > Dear John, > Dear Buck, > Dear Buck Rogers, > A multiple choice salutation. Cool! Let me say at the beginning that > I'm not a doctor so what follows is purely my own projections into your > problem. I'm sure one or more of the smarter members will be along with > something really helpful. > Artane [Trihexyphenidyl HCL] as I remember it, was used to treat the > side effects from the Phenothiazines which were used to treat psychotic > thinking. The side effects often looked like PD symptoms so we know that it > is a drug to be taken or not with much seriousness. I do hope you are doing > this search under a MD guidance. You didn't mention if or how you tapered > off the Artane which could be a problem. > You could be experiencing a couple of problems. First you could have > had your "lights turned on" [ Funny when something goes wrong for me > my "lights go out"] due to the absence of the Artane. In other words, > withdrawal. Secondly, something much more sinister could be happening and > that involves the absence of the Artane allowing the hitherto silent side > effects of the Madopar and/or the Parlodel to hold court. Remember that the > Artane is widely used to treat the side-effects of other drugs.I'm not > familiar with the Madopar but I understand it is similar to Sinemet. I'm > quite familiar with the Parlodal. I took it for only a few doses but it > ripped me into many pieces. Left me totally dysfunctional for a few days > but that doesn't sound like what is happening with you . You sound like you > are getting too much of something. > I hope Brian Collins responds to your posting. I don't usually respond > to drug questions[and I can see why you might wish I didn't ] but I am > interested since I'm getting off a couple or three drugs myself.I will > encourage you to get yourself a wise physician if you are without. Good > luck. > george [[log in to unmask]] > AGANE > > [log in to unmask] > > Hello George - Just a brief note (as you will have seen, I had already sent an answer to John) I think that you mis-understood the talk about lights. (At least, one of us did, so we had better sort out who!) As I read it, John was feeling mentally 'fuzzy' and suspected that Artane was the cause.. He stopped taking the Artane, and got an immediate improvement in his mental state: "The lights came back on". Unfortunately he also got increased tremor and slowness of movement, and his note was asking for help in addressing these problems. -- Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>