> I would like to >>know if anyone has had a similar experience. I doubt that his regular >>doctor will consider the freezing episode as a possibility at all. >> >>Thanks. Rosemary Dexter cg for Dex 75/6 >> This happens to Peter also--in the night at times, (meds at 2:30 and 5:30 AM) and after naps. I have thought of it as extreme rigidity, when it occurs while lying down, since it seems to affect more of the body than a typical freeze when walking. Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 81/70/55 Oxford, Ohio http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm <[log in to unmask]> "Ask me about the CARE list for Caregivers of Parkinsonians ! "