Marty,
You ask a good question and I will try and answer it to the best of my knowledge.
I think it is temporary. Initially the Right stimulator- controlling Left side
and gradually we have cut back on that and increased sinemet. Recently as the
sonemet has gone up so has the left sided dyskinesia. I think I need an increase
in the left stimulator and decrease on the right. My case may be complicated by
a possible fetal tranplant which is known to cause increased dyskinesia (part of
a double blind study). I will be going to Chicago tomorrrow and hope to get the
stimulators better adjusted. I will keep you informed.
Charlie.
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> Charlie,
> I remember you reported a problem with dyskinesia following your DBS, and in
> your posting today ("Re: Energy Level") you referred to dyskinesia as a
> routine development following DBS. Is that what you meant to imply and, if
> so, what do you think is the reason for this? And, is it a temporary
> phenomenon? As a person who used to have major league dyskinesia prior to
> my bilateral pallidotomies and who is considering DBS as a possibility
> sometime in the future, your observations caught my interest. The last thing
> I want is to return to that world of constant moving and shaking, if I cam
> help it.
> Marty
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Charles T. Meyer, M.D.
Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin
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