Hi Stan You say your symptoms are much more toublesome in the two plus weeks since you retired. Very worrying. It could be quite easily caused by stress-- I know, you're retired, you didn't start a new job. But any sudden change can cause your body to react and with us parkis that means the symptoms get to be a problem. Most of us get worse at about the same rate --Year in year out. if we are lucky we start at a slow rate and continue slowly. I need a bigger dose about once a year -- and that has been the case for16 years. It is quite unusual to change the rate Is it time for your increase? Have you changed your diet, your exercise routine, your coffee/tea drinking.? Have you a cold or the flu or whatever.? If you are married was it "for better or worse but NOT for lunch" To end on a really cheerful note --- just about everything can make P symptoms worse. Anne Rutherford (62 dx 1980)