Hi Joan,
I fell asleep one time at the wheel, ran into the oncoming traffic, but
steered it into a horseshoe-type driveway. i was very lucky and my Irish
setter, too. I figured out that I was doing too much physical work at the
cabin and had to stop it. I ended up with heat exhaustion that June (2000)
and was hospitalized over the 4th of July because I was in so much pain.
Morphine didn't even help.
I don't think it was the meds. My "thermostat" is screwed up by PD.
Other people are saying turn the heat up and the sweat is burning my eyes.
I take a l/2 Sinemet 25/100 every 3 hrs with one 1 mg. Permax. In a
day, I take a total of 3 1/2 Sinemet, 5 Permax, 3-Amantadine, 4-Elavil,
1-Paxil, 1-Centrum, and 3-400 I.U.'s of Vitamin E.
I have no problem with Permax. I can't handle Sinemet CR. I have tried
Tasmar and Mirapex and neither did me any good or any harm.
Paula
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From: "Joan Hartman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: Please read - important
> Hi...maybe I missed it when
> reading about the sleep attacks....but I have a question....when they did
the
> study did they have had two separate PWP groups .....one group of PWPs who
had
> problems with night time sleeping BECAUSE OF PD and a second group
> using those PWPs who have no problem with night time sleeping. if
> you've had very little sleep the night before, maybe it's easier to have
one of
> those sleep attacks because you are not functioning at a well-rested level
that
> sleepprovides. There's been a lot of postings on this list about PD
> affecting night time sleeping so it seems to be a problem with some...I've
used
> mirapex for a few years and never had a problem. But I guess that's
> why they call it a "designer disease" where everybody reacts differently
to PD
> and its medications. Any thoughts on this?????
> Joan
>
>
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