I know this has been brought up and hashed out before but d0gmas post really has me thinking about this again. We are all addicted to our meds and I certainly got worse 'offs' after i started sinemet. Going off it could mean death from malignant neuroleptic syndrome and we now have new terminology called DAWS for dopamine agonist withdrawal symptom. They are defining the addictions and we can do nothing but keep popping the pills or get a dbs.

i spoke with girija and others about this but one point that was made in my communications with d0gma was that DBS usually corrects the side effects of sinemet, and are being prescribed when they don't always need to be.

This is not to say that all dbs aren't necessary. And girija pointed out that dbs provides electricity that dopamine is supposed to be creating. But how many of you have asked a person about their DBS and the first thing they say is no more dyskinesia or dystonia?

I know this is a gray area and don't know if anyone has the answer but i'm going to follow d0gma's journey to see where it leads.

any thoughts?