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Old 01-25-2007, 10:36 AM
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Dear boann,
I and others have explained our history to you previously of taking levodopa and the relief of symptoms it's given us so I won't go down that path again.
Dopamine agonists can and do cause problems with atypical behaviour.
I'm glad you don't experience side effects on it but I along with many other PWP I either know or know of have had this happen.
It might present as OCD, gambling addictions or an increased libido.
In my case it was right from the early days of taking an agonist I had visual and auditory hallucinations, paranoia and later hypomania.
After an astute movement disorder specialist found out about my history since starting an agonist it was cancelled.
I had no increase in my levodopa intake after stopping and so query its value in my drug regime.
My behaviour returned to normal (no further hypomanic episodes, hallucinations or accusations.)
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