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I echo Roberta's comments re: meds and sleep problems. I did have some interrupted and short sleep nights for several years prior to diagnosis. (I also had a full time job, 4 teens, and a cross country move during the first years of being symptomatic......it took 8 years to get a diagnosis from first neurology visit). However, my first drug was Eldepryl.....and then added Cabergoline (cabasar) for 44 months and then Mirapex after cabergoline trial ended. During this almost 5 years....I NEVER slept more than 3 hours per night....I stopped Mirapex because of "sleep attacks during the day"......and Eldepryl was eliminated shortly thereafter......although I still have some short night (5 or 6 hours) and some interrupted sleep (sleep 4 hours, up two hours and back to sleep for 3 hours)....this routine is WONDERFUL in comparison to my drug induced insomnia!!!!!! I have been on Sinemet for 11 years.......have no regular dyskinesia from Sinemet yet.....and TRULY ENJOY whatever sleep I do get at night. Do not blame all of your symptoms on PD.....but ask your neurologist to juggle, tweak, or reduce some of your meds at times and see if you eliminate any symptoms. I do not have the energy that I had on Mirapex and Cabergoline and Eldepryl (plus Sinemet).....but I do enjoy sleep, have MUCH less edema in left leg, have regained the ability to remember phone numbers...and eliminated the compulsive shopping behaviors..........all without conscious effort. (The biggest negative is that I gained 30 lbs.!!!!). Oh well.... Rita Weeks, age 58 dx age 45, symptomatic age 35. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn