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Brief sudden irresistible sleep episodes have interested PIE members lately because of a recent report about a few Requip or Mirapex users falling asleep while driving a car. The episodes described are not like feeling a bit drowsy and looking for a place to stop and rest. Rather they sound like narcolepsy, also called "absence siezure" or "petit mal", the mildest form of a common inherited siezure disorder that used to be called epilepsy. It's estimated that about 125,000 Americans have narcolepsy (say, about 1 per 2,000 people). Wouldn't surprise me at all if those agonist-related cases represent people who have an inherited susceptibility, that produces those sleep episodes only if they are also taking one of those drugs. Cheers, Joe -- J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013