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Regarding Temazepam & Valium, I've had a little experience with both. The first sleep medication was a disaster: that was after being on immovane (a hypnotic) for a successful year. So I'm now on the tranquilizer Serax, for nighttime. Temazepam made me nauseous & gave intestinal discomfort. Amien (another hypnotic) I also found good for short term night usage. Re Valium, I always have a little on hand for when I wake up too early with stiffness yet it's not yet time for another sinemet. But really, I find ativan better. Last night I awoke at 5 am with a rigid body tremor & took 5 mg. of ativan which got me through a few hrs. of sleep. Valium makes me a little jittery & I'm wary for how quickly tolerance can develop. I know sleep disturbance is a problem with PD re side effects of meds. & I'm sure everyone has a story. I've found over the last 12 yrs., that I've just had to experiment, & many times I've been told there will be no contraindication re PD symptoms & lo & behold there are. We PDrs are the only ones who know. Hope this is helpful. BEH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Automatic digest processor" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Recipients of PARKINSN digests" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 9:05 PM Subject: PARKINSN Digest - 3 Mar 2002 to 4 Mar 2002 (#2002-99) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn