hi Rick, This has happened to me also, the last time was just before the Christmas holiday. I told the Dr. said it is not because of pd. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Hermann <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 11:56 AM Subject: blackouts > Dear Margaret, > > Thank you for sending this information about your "blackouts": > > >Unfortunately I suffer from exhaustion if drive too far where I have a > >shutter effect of an instant kind of "blackkout and return to "normalcy" > >within seconds . I get this in the evening after an active day its > >almost like a dyskinisia as my coffee is always ending uy down the front > >of me as I jerk into these seconds of where? Anyone else experiencing > >this peculiaritiy ? > >Margaret Clark 59/11 Sinemet Sinemet CR Elderpryl Mirapex > > I also experience this kind of thing. You have described it perfectly as a > shutter effect that lasts for an instant. My neurologist couldn't make > sense of my description, so I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who > is experiencing these episodes. I wonder if it is the disease or medication > side effects. I take sinemet cr and requip. > > Rick Hermann 48/46 >