> > I take a half 25/100 Sinemet around 7 AM to "help me come alive" >> then I take some breakfast this sequence is not best choice. the pills should all be taken 20 to 30 minutes before the breakfast > and then I take the rest of the cocktail - >> 25/100 Sinemet CR, 1 MG Mirapex, 200 MG COMTAN, 5 MG Eldepryl. >> >> Problem is: 9 AM comes around - time to drive to work - and I am still >> as dyskenetic perhaps you are dyskinetic; but, it seems unlikely. bradykinesia is slowness of movement. each of the medicines has a halflife and is absorbed to reach a peak concentration, then decays in concentration (CR versions differ a bit); so, it takes a different time to become effective. > and clumsy as when I get up. So, what I do is I take >> a half a XANAX and bada bing, 45 minutes later when I get to work I am >> OK, although I drive a bit anxious. >> >> Question: Am I undermedicated? Why does XANAX seem to work? >> > > -- Ron Vetter 1936, '84 PD dz mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~rfvetter