If you’re concerned that you may be experiencing wearing off you may find the wearing off question card1. This was developed by Parkinson’s specialists, people with the disease and the European Parkinson’s Disease Association (EPDA) to specifically pick up the signs and symptoms of wearing off.
If you answer one or more of the 19 questions confirming that you experience a particular symptom and that this symptom improves after the next medication dose, you may want to talk to your doctor about wearing off. In addition to motor symptoms, the question card also lists several non-motor symptoms as it is recognised that, although less obvious, non-motor symptoms can have just as great an impact on quality of life.
A sample of the question card is below:
