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While I'm not a physician, punding sounds very similar to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, or am I missing something? Bill -----Original Message----- From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 11:04 AM Subject: PMID: 10495047: Punding on L-Dopa >Punding on L-dopa. > >"Punding" is a stereotypical motor behavior in which there is an intense >fascination with repetitive handling and examining of mechanical objects, >such as picking at oneself or taking apart watches and radios or sorting >and arranging of common objects, such as lining up pebbles, rocks, or other >small objects. > >It is thought to be dopamine-related although only a single report of >punding in a patient with Parkinson's disease (PD) resulting from L-dopa >has been reported. > >We describe three additional cases. > >All were women aged 65-72 years with a PD duration between 10 and 20 years, >on 500-1900 mg L-dopa per day. > >One spent hours in the market fascinated by cans. > >At home she endlessly examined and catalogued her jewelry. > >Another picked threads in rugs indoors and weeded her garden compulsively >to the point of wetting herself rather than stopping. > >The third hoarded flashlights taking them apart and reassembling them. > >All improved with reduction of their anti-PD medications. > >We think punding is an uncommon but overlooked complication of dopaminergic >drugs. > > >Mov Disord 1999 Sep;14(5):836-8 >Fernandez HH, Friedman JH >Brown University School of Medicine, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 02860, USA. >PMID: 10495047, UI: 99423238 > ><http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed> > >janet paterson >52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset >613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 >a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> ><[log in to unmask]> >