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Kathryn - I like your term better than your doctor's, and I have the same phenomenon. It almost makes me forget the very sudden deadening which announces the "off time"--but not quite. I"ll think of them as "happy feet" from now on. Nancy Shlaes deGrazia(62/6) Kathryn Saupp wrote: > I've heard this term used also for something that I get just as I'm starting > to come "on" my medications. It goes like this: I'm stiff and nothing > moves, then my feet start wiggling, almost like stepping; then ankles and > knees. They are my "happy feet" because it means a blessed "on time" is > about to occur. With my restless legs I literally step or dance into full > body movement. My doctor is less poetic, he calls it "restless leg > syndrom." I'm going now to the great book NUTRITION MATTERS by a respected > list member and check on my iron. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard R. Klemmer <[log in to unmask]>; > [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:00 PM > Subject: Re: Restless leg > > >This may be a dumb question, but what is restless leg syndrome, and how > >does that relate, if at all, to other random movements caused by PD > >and/or Sinemet? > >