In my opinion, these scales are a bit deceving. With all of the ups and downs we got through with PD, we could be almost anywhere on the scale at any given time. I for example am a "1" on some things, a "0" on another, and "2" on others most of the time. About a week ago before my doctor increased my Sinemet, I was up on the tremor scale and upon the rigidity scale.

Now there are times that I feel like I just want to give up and jump in the river, call it quits, and tell everyone to bugger off! Then a week later, I'm up and running, and that grand mood swing has gone away. If I had gone to the doctor then, she would have given me a 4 for depression!

So these rating scales, when they are used, are nothing more than a snap-shot taken at that time frame. In order for them to be truely accurate, they would need to be updated on a daily basis for the course of a month or so to get the full picture of what's happening.


John