I have noticed that my pd drugs - sinemet & mucuna - have an odd effect on SOME of my muscles.

Presently my 'squat muscles' - those on the front of my thighs, and the head lifting muscles in the back of my neck - DO NOT WORK when I am medicated. For instance if I squat down, I can't get up except by using my arms and if I lie down or lean backwards in a chair, I can't lift my head without an assist from my arms. When I am NOT medicated I can do sqats w/out a problem and can easily lift my head.

I don't have a clue why this is so. It didn't used to be like this when I first took the meds.

DOes anyone else have this type of strangeness? It makes no sense at all to me from the medical take on dopamine and PD. Clearly something's fishy....

ibby