Thank you, Michael...your words were encouraging.

...and again, Carey...interesting that you would speak about what we mean by "complete" control. Just today, Doreen and I were discussing this, i.e., "complete" control vs. better control. From the time of her x. 10+ years ago, tremor has been her only symptom (other than the "secondary" symptoms related to the PD "meds". Her neurologist said at the time that until/unless the tremor interfered with her work (medical assistant to an ENT cancer specialist), he would not prescribe anything more than the Sinemet (25/100 mg. ...3 times daily). However, just recently, when we went for her regularly scheduled visit with him, she made it clear that she felt that the tremor was not interfering with her work, but this was in complete contrast to what her doctor at work said, i.e., he had absolutely NO problem with her tremor. In an effort to address this concern of Doreen's, her neurologist prescribed the Cogentin which certainly DID absolutely control the tremor, but caused the severe cognitive impairment. It was then that he prescribed the Amantadine. Doreen keeps trying to think of it as "only a tremor", but she, herself, has yet to be able to live by the "mantra". She is so cognizant of the fact that so many people suffer so much more than she whether it be PD or any other malady so that she often feels ashamed of not being able to cope better than she does. I've told her many times that we're all better able to cope with adversities in our lives better sometimes than others. She will speak with her neurologist tomorrow to try to come to some decision about whether or not it would be advantageous for her to continue with the Amantadine...to continue at her present dosage or increase to the 300 mg. as he has already prescribed. She will be very honest with him about her fears (and mine, too) about any medication that could possibly cause the horrendous difficulties that she (and I) recently encountered with the Cogentin.

Again...thank you all for helping us so much. I will keep you updated on what transpires between her and her neurologist.

Therese