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hi margie you said: > The ice cream craving is interesting to me, too. > At one point the subject of craving ice cream somehow > came up in our support group. It turned out the > craving for ice cream was so nearly so universal > among the PWP in the group that we jokingly declared > it the newest way to test for PD. when i first started taking simemet i had major problems with stomach pains and nausea the situation was complicated by an anti-inflammatory med [i believe] that i was also on at the same time to treat tendonitis the short version of this story is that my appetite was messed up for many months to the point where i could only tolerate one or two bites of any food before losing all interest in eating however, during this period a craving for ice cream and other sweets developed i described it to my sister as the only thing that my 'sour' stomach could tolerate and the only thing that would make it feel half-way normal she related this nausea and 'sour stomach' sensation to the nausea she felt with 'morning sickness' when she was pregnant the only thing she could tolerate then [particularly on an empty stomach] was a chocolate milkshake since so many of our meds play havoc with our digestive systems i wonder if there is a physiological basis for this [apparently quite specific] type of craving? the fat? the sugar? the calcium? the temperature? hmmm ... i think it's time for some grocery shopping ... with love from your syber sis in cravings janet [log in to unmask]