Please share any experience you have had with Mirapex and compulsive eating...a side effect of Mirapex.

If CE, do/did you have a specific food and how severe was/is the CE?

As I increase the carbadopa/levadopa and Mirapex, both dyskinesia and eating, respecively, increase. I don't know which is worse taking the Mirapex to keep from taking more carba/leva, or eating compulsively. Two years ago I prided myself in my excellent eating habits.

My MD doc continues to suggest early-intervention DBS at Stage 3, so that, 1) PD and side effects don't increase to disabling, and 2) more good years.

Compulsive eating of anything sweet is my biggest problem...my fav these days...eating Starburst jelly beans...never imagine the day I would do this.

I prefer this to eating healthy food, which I have to force myself to do...a very sad state of affairs . As you can imagine, this problem is very bad for this insulin-dependent diabetic who values greatly keeping my glucose under 120. So, this eating problem means more injections during the day, which I resent greatly.

Yes, this is a discussion for my MD doc.

for any comments!!