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Tony and David, I definitely share your frustration. If you still work as I do. And I want to continue as long as I can. It becomes a tough balancing act between off periods where I'm not as productive to overmedication with some dyskinesia on my left side and some stuttering. This seems to be elevated when under stress or fatigue. The decision it seems for know is an either or. For me it is an easy one. To remain independent I will continue to live with the occasional discomfort of the stutter and mild dyskinesia. I guess it is up to each of how we deal with it. I talked with Dr. David Roberts, Neurosurgeon at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and he said there is still very little known. His personal feeling is that just like PD there is probably more than one cause and perhaps different forms. We must stand tall in the face of adversity! Thanks to all that responded to my posts. Greg Leeman 37/7 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: David Langridge <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, March 05, 1998 3:52 AM Subject: Re: Stuttering and Dopamine >Greg wrote >> >>I was recently surfing for information on stuttering for a friend's friend. > >Greg- I found this theory of too much dopamine causing stuttering of >interest because I have during the last year or two experienced for the >first time but very infrequently actual stuttering but what is more common >is a sort of internal stutter which gives me an unpleasant feeling of having >to drag my words out in a strangulated sort of way . It only occurs when I >have taken Dopamine and is much increased by any sort of nervousness or >stress and is particularly bad when I am anxious to make myself clearly >understood particularly on controversial matters.It seems like a precursor >to a stutter > >David Langridge 68\5 >