Donna, why do you think it is dyphasic?
The easiest way to learn that is looking to the timing of the dyskinesia
related to the times the med's are taken.
You use sinemet CR. That takes about an hour after it is taken to do its work
and stops doing so about four hours after you did take it. Height of dose dysk.
can be expected to be the strongest between 2 and 3 hours after med's taken and
the byphasic one has a short phase when the meds start to be active and a much
longer phase when it stops to do so. Moreover usually the dyphasic kind is
going together with muscle dystonia which makes it so exhausting. A
complicating factor for diagnosis is that the dyphasic form can go together
with the height of dose dyskinesia. This can cause much confusion.
But it maks no sense to say much more about it before some diagnosis is known.
I hope for you it will turn out to be height of dose dyskinesia; that is after
all easier to handle. So think about it and if needed ask about it. If you wish
and ask me I can send some other info to your private e-mail.
Ida Kamphuis
Donna Kipp <[log in to unmask]> schreef:
> -- [ From: Donna Kipp * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
>
> HELP!! I am 50 and have been diagnosed for almost 11 Years and for the last
> couple of week I have been plagued with daily sometimes more periods of 3
> hours of dyskinesis. It is totally exhausting!! During these periods I
> usually keep walking or can rest in my recliner. This is totally taking over
> my life!! I am willing to try any or all suggestions. I am unable to
> correlate it to either over or under medication. I think it is diphasic. I
> am taking 3- 50\200 CR, 3- 1mG Permax and 1eldepryl. I tried cutting out
> the permax. Increasing Sinemet, decreasing Sinemet. I am ready for any and
> all snake oil...Donna
>
