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Hi "Gail B. Post" <[log in to unmask]>, you wrote >Stephen, > >My dad has problems with confusion when he eats chocolate. My mom >limits his intake to 1-2 pieces of chocolate candy a day and it is OK. >He loves sweets and she tries to keep the sugar down, but it does not >cause the confustion. He drinks decaf coffee, so it may be the caffeine >or something else in the chocolate. > >I know his meds like Sinemet, Eldepryl, etc to contribute to the >hallucinations and that the Clozaril helps to decrease that problem. It's a quite well-known phenomenon that eating chocolate causes mental upsets in the elderly. Mostly it causes aggression, I believe. However, Mary Baker, President of the EPDA (European PD Association) always reckons chocolate to be right out for PWPs! It interferes with the metabolism and can prevent medication working properly. -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Shaking Hands BBS - +44 (0)1252 626233 - Fidonet 2:252/160