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Hi everyone, I am hope that a few of you here have personal knowledge of Amantadine. Cory is only taking1/2 tsp twice a day. Along with 1 cap. of Gabapectin. I'm wondering if there were any changes that you noticed while taking it.... any thing I should "watch out" for, that sort of stuff. The reason that the MDD switched from the Sinemet and Lodosyn was only because we (mom and Dad) were having a hard time getting him to take the crushed pills. Litterally holding him down and force feeding it to him. On the rare occasions that "he" won and didn't take the meds his mobility was hendered and night cramps were rampent... which at that point he would request his meds.... so we are pretty sure that he understood the relationship between taking the pills and how they helped. Just that stubborn nature that keeps him fighting all these "bad" symptoms with a grin on his face also works the other way too.<G> Since switching we haven't noticed any new changes except not having to do battle 3 times a day. When he first started on the Sinemet we saw a world of changes...less spasticity in his legs, improved speech quality and volume, stopped the drooling and coupled with the Botox injections stopped the night cramp/spasms that would make him screech 2-4 times a night.... so far nothings "touched" the torcking of his legs :( Friday at the ORtho appt the Dr. reconfirmed that he will probably need surgery next year or the year after for a hip/hamstring/ankle releases and learned that his shin bone is twisting...so possiable bone surgery too ... but that's in the future... Sorry I tend to wonder don't I ??? If anyone has more information on Amantadine I would really appreciate if you'd contact me.. either thru here on the list or privately..it's your choice. Thanks for being here to educate an Elf in TN... Romona Elf wife to Tony (my hero), and mom to Tori (age 9, nda), Zach (age 9, multichallenged), Cory (age5, multichallenged). The boys have no definative Dx but several labels... nystagmus, strubismus, Dystonia, Parkinsonism, Asthma, Execma, Hypotonia, Spaticity....ect Collectively the Dystonia/Parkinsonism effects the boys from eyes to toes. Currently Zach's taking Sinemet, Lodosyn and Cory is taking Amantadine and Gabapectin. He's also had 3 rounds of Botox, uses a walker or WC for mobility. ([log in to unmask]) http://members.aol.com/Elf808/index.html