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At 03:11 1998/12/22 -0800, you wrote: >Hi, >New to the List;PD friend set it up 4 me. Going in to USC Jan 13,99 for >pallidotomy. Any helpful (or otherwise) comments anybody??? Diag. April >'91, have dyskinesia, stiffness, freezing, postural problem (head drops >fwd & dwn) & shortness of breath (idopathic pulmonary fibrosis.) Taking >Tasmar, 50 mg 2X day (amplified dyskinesia); 1 lasix, 40 mg; 3 Sinemet >25/100; 4 Sinimet CR 50/200, results so so. sleep most of the time--- in >a fog, low energy. Hoping for better Quality of life. hi stacey if you have wwweb access, there is a People With Parkinson's WebRing at: <http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=parkie;list> with over thirty pd links connected to it [as created and maintained by jerry finch] one of the links is the Parkinson Alliance site [also created by jerry finch] which has a section for the 'hole-in-the-head-gang' i.e. those brave souls who have had brain surgery for their pd [including several pallidotomy stories] have you been tested for clinical depression [cd] ? 40 to 60% of all parkies have it and sleeping too much, low energy, and fog-bound thinking sound to me like prime symptoms of cd not pd [i've been there; had/have both] i have posted a lot of info on cd to the pd list you can access it either through my web-site on the pwp web-ring or through the pd list archives at: <http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/> [as created and maintained by simon coles] off the top of my head, 8 years since diagnosis sounds pretty early in this game to be considering brain surgery, especially a type that is non-reversible have you had a thorough evaluation by another neuro? preferably one connected to a movement disorder clinic? it seems to me that your meds could be more finely tuned if you are having trouble with both freezing = too little dopamine and dyskinesia = too much dopamine in addition many anti-depressant medications can also help with pd symptoms either directly or indirectly my unsolicited advice: if i were in your snow-shoes, i'd adjust my bio-chemical-soup recipe, before reformatting my hard drive [just a little nerd joke!] just a nosy non-medico and your cyber-sibling janet janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada [log in to unmask]