Thanks Ron for your advice. She does take Sinamet but we will investigate the idea of overdose. Can diet affect the nature of how these drugs function to that great an extent? ON the weekend she ate some foods very high in fat. Just wondering how delicate the body chemistry becomes. Naive questions but with patience and diligence we will learn how to optimize the 'good' days. That is the goal anyway. Take care, Joan U. -----Original Message----- From: Ronald F. Vetter <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, August 26, 1999 1:50 PM Subject: Re: Timing is everything >Joan, > >please consider that the full dose may be too much. if she is on only >Requip, consider using some levodopa/carbidopa. get the doctor to >consider over medication. hallucinations indicate this to be the case, perhaps. > >-- >Ron Vetter 1936, '84 PD dz >mailto:[log in to unmask] >http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~rfvetter >