I kew someone was going to raise this question,and i can only answer it from
my own experience.
1. NArcolepsy
you could set a watch by me. One hour after taking mirapex i would fall
asleep for a few seconds - maybe as long as a minute, and i would be abit
physically confused for a few moments longer discombobulated, i call it -
couldn't figure out which part of me was where)
2. sleepless nights
if i took mirapex after 5 pm, i would be walking the floors all night - not a
wink. if a took my total intake with breakfast and lunch, i had a much better
chance of sleeping =- remembering that i had to wake up every 2 0 3 hours to
take sinemet cr.
3 now that i have added comtan to the cocktail am taking much less sinement,
and mh'alf the amount of mirapex. and i take all three together. in the five
weeks since i h ave been taking comtan, i am taking the siniment much less
freque'ntlyh, and have time to sleep as much as 4 hours ant a stretch. and at
least once during the night i stay asleep all 4 hours. a/nd sometimes take a
nap maybe even twice during 24 hours. so i am getting much more sleep than bc
(before comtan)
and no narcolepsy - is that because i am taking less mirapex total, or simply
because i am less tired? My exercise class are deprived of the spectacle of me
falling asleep mid exercise!
hilary blue
C. Y. Thomas wrote:
>
> When my wife was taking Mirapex with sinemet, she would go to sleep anytime that
> she was moving. She would go to sleep when she was eating, even ice cream.
>
> Also, remember that there were several news article on auto accidents when the
> driver on Mirapex would fall asleep at the wheel.
>
> On Sun, 9 Apr 2000 08:49:37 -0400, Hilary Blue <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >I fiind this very strange - that you should be taking the Mirapex at night .
> >In my peresonal expereience, and mmost of those i ih ave spoken to (at support
> >groups etc) we a have been told to take mirapex in the early part of the day
> >because it may caause sleepessness. I would beinterested to hear what other
> >say .
> >
> >Hilary Bllue
> >
> >Cindi Israel wrote:
> >>
> >> I am very new to this so please bear with me. My Neuro thinks that I
> >> may have Parkinson's Disease. He has currently placed me on .125 mg of
> >> Mirapex at night.
> >> ..................
> >> n
>
> Regards,
>
> C. Y.
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