If we could only get more people like Nancy leading the way they would really make a difference. It takes very little time to ask a friend or someone to help...
G'Day, Heather. I would expect that the laws enacted in all the 'civilized' lands are consistent. But, there are always loopholes. Just as computer hackers ...
I have reconsidered the medication program that a Motion Disorder Neurologist wanted me to try for a while, which I had decided to quit because of troublesome...
Lol, that started my mornning out with a chuckle. Thanks Robert. Bren not trying to make a joke about thinning hair, mine is too. ... From: robertchandler54 ...
I seem to be tired most of the time these days, is this common to PD and any ideas how to address it ??!! I'm not on any meds yet so it can't be the reason. ...
Seems whenever I go on a business trip to lecture, I pay a price upon return. Has anyone else noticed this "payback price" following significant stressful...
PD meds cause insomnia. These were tested apparently on laboratory rats who are nocturnal creatures! You cant take meds which switch you 'on' and expect you...
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Aug 1, 2005 5:19 pm
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Well done for not taking meds! Yes tiredness is a PD symptom but there may be another cause. Start with a blood test. J ... From: jamescdoria To:...
Jean Manley
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Aug 1, 2005 5:21 pm
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Hi Lawrence! The only thing that seems to help me for any length of time is Trazadone, an old anti-depressant with the wonderful side effect of putting me to...
Hi Eric, There is one that works but I don't it, it's habit forming like drugs "Valium". The last thing to try if you can't find any other sleeping table. I...
Thank you Eric for your response. I will talk to my doctor and hopefully try Trazadone. I gotta have something to get some sleep, or I cannot continue the...
Thank you, also, Laurence for your suggestion for a sleep solution. It is very much appreciated. vango1959 Lawrence from Georgia ... forming like drugs...
Good day to All, I have very bad shoulder pain an old injury and I think PD is what's making it worse. It hasn't given me any troulbe for years but since I got...
Hi Laurie, Did they rule out arthritis? Ole arthur seems to be spending a lot of time with me lately. Due to a car accident when I was 13 I've had my right hip...
Hi Caz, Arthritis has bee mentioned and it is my left arm that I use my walking stick with. I'll get that checked out when I see the doctor next week. Thank...
When I first went on the drug study for Rotigotine, I had to go off Mirapex which I was taking for restless legs at night. My neuro then put me on Neurontin...
Hey Lawrence As I lie in bed at night wondering why I am not asleep.. you call it insomnia.... I call it a bloody nuisance. I am trying to combat this problem...
Hi Laurence have you tried Stalevo 150mg i take six pills a day along with 3 requip 5mg and i seem to do ok ith that but i still don't sleep much, but that...
Hi Melvin, Staveve 150mg will have to see my doctor for a scibt for them. Once I'm asleep I sleep ok it's getting to sleep is my problem. My shoulders's and my...
Vango said the doctor prescribed Eldepryl and I seem to remember several people say they were taking it. Eldepryl seems to be a type of a MAO inhibitor which...
Hey Bron from OZ......I like your solution for insomnia!! What the hell, we would forget about sleep and PD. I'll get the card table out! vango1959 Lawrence...
This is the dosage of medicines that I was taking that my hometown family doctor,not a Neurologist, had me taking before I got an appointment with a...
My limited knowledge is that some PD MEDS might help--at least, some. Sometimes dramatically I have read, although my personal experience so far has been only...
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HI i don't want to upset anyone about your sleep problems, but due to my job, driving a truck for thirty years, i got use to taking short naps sometimes i...
Hi Mel! Good suggestion. That's sort of what I've done for a long time. A little sleep is better than none a'tall. Eric melvin mobley <mobleymelvin@...>...
Just interested in how many UK people use this group? Are you as frustrated at the lack of resources for UK sufferers? Sorry i havent been active for a while...
Im in Bury St Edmunds. Where are you? 01284750794 ... From: manyana_ripley To: plwp2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 9:43 AM Subject: [PLWP2]...
Jean Manley
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Aug 2, 2005 2:39 pm
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Hello Laurie! Stalevo is the Parkinson's drug I take. It is a combination of sinemet and comtan, and not for sleep. It's more of an extender for sinemet. Maybe...
Heck Melvin Thanks for the eye test. I failed. It must be de to my insomnia. Deal out the cards, Lawrence Bron from Oz ... years, i got use to taking short...
