Ask ur doc. My 'jerks' are myoclonic jerking and I don't take mirapex. plmaddux wrote: > > Colleen and the list, I am not having the sensations as described, except > those of Colleen, the "jerks" or I might call them spasms, and they are very > short in duration and happen only when I am laying down. usually after going > to bed. My DR knew exactly what I was describing, he even demonstrated to me > what they look like. He said they were caused by the Mirapex. And since they > are not causing me any problem we just let the discussion stop there. > > I am on 1mg X3 of Mirapex, trying to reduce tremor, but it is not doing much > at this point. I do feel drowsy at about the two hour point after each dose, > and am thinking about delaying my suppertime dose to about 8PM vice 5:30 PM, > so that I will be more sleepy at bedtime, 10 or 10:30PM. Maybe I should > delay lunch dose to about 2PM so as to mantain about 6 hours between doses, > anyone have any thoughts on this? > > Lanier Maddux Chattanooga, TN > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Sign Up for NetZero Platinum Today > Only $9.95 per month! > http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn