hi again Kathie you said: >Thanks for that article Janet >I just started my third week on Mirapex on Wednesday, and I >have been miserable. The diskynesia has been horrible, >and I have been unable to sit up straight or hold my body >normally at all. I was thinking of cutting back on the >Mirapex, as I saw it as the obvious culprit. Instead >I think I will reduce my sinemet by 27% or so ;) >and see how that works. That was my goal after all, >reducing sinemet. for whatever it's worth, i believe that dyskinesia is the classic first sign of levodopa overdose i'm glad you found the article useful i get really frustrated when i see/hear about so much misinformation being tossed about we really have to be our own strongest advocates both for ourselves or for each other we have a resource here in this list that i would venture to say is unmatched in the world with love from your syber-sis janet [log in to unmask]