hi brian you wrote: >...It is with some reluctance that I write to answer your criticism, not intended as 'criticism', brian merely a suggestion in the interests of clarity >...Incidentally, have you tried not taking it for a month? i have discontinued selegiline a couple of times for several weeks the only effect i noticed was an intensification of my symptoms indicating [to me, at least] the symptomatic effect of the med >...At the risk of incurring another broadside, i'm sorry you interpreted my message as a 'broadside' i certainly don't intend waging any battles >...I hope that you take it as constructive comment. which is the way i had hoped you would take my previous note we are all here for pretty much the same purpose, i believe >...You have performed a valuable service ...in publishing summaries >and abstracts of scientific papers relating to PD. thank you - current information is critical to all of us as i have stated before, my purpose in posting is to provide the information but also to incorporate it into our archives for future use [and maybe an 'aha!' or two] >...However, in more recent times it seemed to me that >the steady stream of reports had swelled to a torrent, >many of them having no relevance to PD. ... you are entitled to your opinion and perception one wo/man's torrent may be another's delight in the many comments that i have received re my postings yours has been the only negative one so far >It was becoming difficult to read them all, >yet I did not want to pass over them >in case I missed something of real interest. that's a difficulty/choice that only you can resolve it is also one that all of us are faced with, in light of the list volume >...I don't want to stop you, i would never dream of attempting to stop anyone else's postings and i would resist vehemently any attempt to stop mine unless our esteemed list owner made the request >but it would be helpful if you could take a leaf out of the comedians book >and indicate each article's relevance to PD... i'm afraid that i don't understand the 'leaf' reference but i have made a conscious effort to indicate the subject matter of each message quite clearly [also from the archive searching point of view] i'm sorry that you were having difficulty in that area your cyber-sis janet janet paterson / 50-9 /sinemet-selegiline-prozac / [log in to unmask]