[Virginia Therese]

Hi, everyone...I've just returned from a short vacation to Maine in New England...definetly a "prescription" I would suggest all of you ask your doctors to write...a very calm and serene atmosphere there in Ogunquit, Maine.

Now, I'll get to the point. You may or may not remember that my pwp (Doreen) experienced sudden and terrible dyskinesias...I had asked for input from all of you so that I would be able to discuss this with her neurologist at her last appointment. I was about ready to discuss with her "neuro" the possibility of eliminating Comtan from her "med" regimen based on a lot of research I had done AND based, too, on what I had gleaned from the input I received from forum. Before I had the opportunity to ask if he would consider eliminating the Comtan, he, himself, said that he was going to eliminate it. Doreen had also displayed some cognitive/behavioral problems while taking the Comtan and that situation has greatly improved, although, I do think that there is still some "tweaking" needed. Now...to the question...I SEEM to detect a correlation between the dyskinesias AND the behavioral/cognitive, i.e., only when there is dyskinesia present does there seem to be a degree of confusion and memory impairment (she had experienced these along with disorientation and disorganization while taking Comtan). Once the dyskinesia episodes subside, so do the cognitive problems subside...and, so it is that I ask: "Am I just imagining OR could there be any significance/validity to this "in sync" phenomena? I am just curious to know if anyone else has had that assessment made by a caregiver, etc.
Thank you for any input you may have..once again...I need this so that I will be able to report this to Doreen's neurologist when I call him on Monday. He will probably think that I "need help" of some kind...but, I am so intent on trying to help Doreen that I care not what anyone thinks of my questions!

Thank you for all your many kind and very informative responses to all my question, always....

Therese