Yesterday morning, Laurie asked me if I wanted to hike up Goose Rock. As it had been two and a half hours since my first dose of Crexont (about 550 mg Levadopa, totaling 2600 to 2700 mg Levadopa daily), I wasn’t exactly champing at the bit to go, but hiking seemed to be within the realm of possibility; had I been in the depths of being off, the mere thought of hiking would have been overwhelming.

By the time we left the house, I was almost too dyskinetic to drive, indicating that I was slight...