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Yes, I have had the problem of increased tremors during and for a short period after a yawn. My original neurologist said he had never heard of that happening. But it happened to me off and on for a long time. Lee 84/7 A. Lee [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, 1 May 1997, Stephan Schwartz wrote: > Barbara P. thank you for the kind greeting. > I was diagnosed with Parkinson's six years ago, at the age of > 46 . . . I guess in "PWP talk" that makes me 52/6 . . . cool. > > Anyway, I am an attorney who had to cut-back and > eventually forego the stressful obligation of trial practice. . . > the tremors became distracting to everyone in the courtroom. > Now I practice law from a desk, with an occasional > appearance at an administrative hearing. From what I can > gather, my course of treatment is typical: 50/200 Sinemet > CR three times a day and 5mg Eldepryl twice a day. This > keeps my tremors mostly under control, unless I am > stressed. By the way . . . does anyone else experience an > increase in tremors while yawning? It's the strangest thing. I > can't find anything about this symptom in the literature. I > guess that as long as I can safely drive a car I can continue > to work. > > Stephan M. Schwartz 52/6 > [log in to unmask] >