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I have had PD for several years but diagnosed 2 1/2 years ago. I too, have a lot of trouble sleeping and I take no meds except for 5mg of Selegiline once a day in the morning. Without intervention, I go to bed about 2AM toss all night and finally fall asleep between 4-6AM and get up about 8-9AM. My neurologist strongly believes that a good nights sleep is important and is very supportive in recommending and prescribing whatever works for me to facilitate that good nights rest. I find that one thing works for a while and then becomes increasingly ineffective, I switch to something else, then that too tampers off and then go on to some thing else. Then back to the first one again. An alternative medicine aid that worked incredibly well for me was Pineal gland. It is the gland that produces melatonin and when it is not working optimally you have trouble sleeping. Pineal Concentrate by "Progressive Laboratories" 2 capsules 3X per day. One bottle sometimes does the trick but I usually end up taking two bottles (90 capsules per bottle). Discontinue after that. If it works, it should last a season before you need to jump start with another bottle. It probably is time for me to do this again. 1 50 mg trazadone (this is not expensive) at bedtime + 2 Benadryl worked really well for a while. Now, for a short season, I am taking one 350 mg Carisprodol at bedtime. For me, it works incredibly well. I also take 2 MyoCalm PM, a Metagenics product that has more magnesium than calcium plus some other stuff. Magnesium is very good for muscles. I have not used any of the official prescription meds because they are more expensive. My two cents worth, Phyllis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn