>Brian,I suspect of one added factor that is the state of ones mind.I >will try to explain:for instance if the exercises are done under stress >or not,competetive or not,done with pleasure or by a kind of a >duty,demands heavy concetration or not,it is realized with or without >suspense(type Hicthcok films :-) ),there is fear or not,and so on.As >you know PWPD are very susceptible to psichological factors,sometimes >more than the physical ones by themselves.That is,the situation may >require independent of the strenght put in it,the greater or lesser >production of adrenaline,seretonine, >endomorphine,and the like.These substances can then have action on the >way the brain will be more or less permeable to levedopa. > >Regards, > +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + > | [log in to unmask] | > +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+ > > WILL SAYS: When I am driving and feeling "off," an emergency brings on braking or steering action I could not do on a planned basis. This same phenomenon occurs when, in an "off" condition I cannot raise mmy right arm, buut if someone throws a set of car keys to me I can catch them over my head with my right hand Will And here's to long "ons" and short "offs" WILL JOHNSTON 4049 OAKLAND SCHOOL ROAD SALISBURY, MD 21804-2716 410-543-0110 Pres A.P.D.A. DelMarVa Chapter