Jim Slattery wrote in part: <<But PD also affects the central nervous system, and can cause digestive upsets, constipation, inappropriate sweating or shivering, circulatory problems, etc. These may be said to be PD-related side-effects.>> I have not shivered that I recall for a number of years. parts of me do get cold or hot, but I do not shiver. perhaps this is due to my skin thinning, but I seem to recall that some researcher conjectured that tremeor might be due to the shiver reflex. -- Ron Vetter 1936, '84 PD dz paradise is feeling good, not a place to go [log in to unmask] http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~rfvetter