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About a month ago Peter's neuro started him on Parlodel...very gradually. We added 1/2 tablet daily each week for 6 weeks, reaching 3 whole tabs per day, with meals. I didn't see any evidence that it was helping him, so neuro said increase it, same method. Veyr soon we bagan the confusion and hallucinating--not scary things like some have reported, but three children sitting on couch, a "bug" on the rug, a "mouse"in the towels in closet, a"person"glimpsed out of the corner of his eye. He accepted they were not real, and we joked about "Parlodel bugs",but I decided since there was no visible improvement, to take him off it (neuro said OK). He has not had any Parlodel now since 2/3--5 days ago-- and still has very mild,occasional episodes of seeing a crumb move, etc. We wondered whether others on this drug have experienced a sensationthat the floor is wavy, or on a slant? This is frequent now, and he takes some convincing that all is flat and still! Is this still a Parlodel effect, which will go away, or something to learn to live with? Thankfully, he never got paranoid or had the terribly scary delusions that some have reported here. We hope to try the newest agonist, Pramipexole, when it becomes available this Spring.(He didn't do well on Permax either.)Comm ents? Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter, 78/7, Oxford,Ohio [log in to unmask] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Ask me about the CARE list for PD caregivers!" * * * * * * * * * * * * * *