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Dee, I used to feel tired and sleepy all the time, until over a month ago when my primary care physician prescribed 20 mg of Prozac. He started me on 10 mg (1 green capsule) taken in the morning. The immediate effect of prozac on me was drowsiness for about four to six hours, but felt more alert later in the day. A week later, he checked up on me, and I told him what I had observed. He told me to take 20 mg (2 capsules) before bedtime, which I did and have done since. Now, I am alert all day, and am back to working in the backyard. I am told that prozac is used to treat depression, of which sleepiness and tiredness are symptoms, both of which are characteristic of PWP. Although prozac has had no positive effect on my freezing (when initiating a move from a standing position), it has allowd me to function as well as can be expected. I have tried sinemet, mirapex, selegeline, off and on, singly or in combination, since I was diagnosed with PD in 2001, with no appreciable positive effect on me. My neuros now tell me that my Parkinson's may not be the "typical" PD, since typical PD responds to sinemet. [I am now on sinemet 25/100 (3 pills per dose X 3 doses daily) and have been on this regimen for two weeks (was on two pills X 3 daily, but thinking I was under medicated, I was advised to gradually increase my dosage to a max of three pills X 3 daily).] I am now thinking of getting off sinemet completely, again for the third or fourth time, and see if I feel much better with only prozac. No, I have not tried requip or any other med. Nilo [log in to unmask] On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:14:20 EDT Dolores Buente <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I was on Requip for 10 months when diagnosed with Parkinson's. I was > sleepy > all of the time. I would start working on watercolor painting in > the evening > and would many times work straight through the night...falling into > bed > exhausted at 5:30 or 6 am. When I would go shopping I would find > myself buying much > more than I would have done normally. I just seemed to have lost a > certain > amount of restraint which was pretty unusual for me. My hair > changed texture. > It became thin and spiderwebbish and I was very fearful that I > would > eventually go bald. I felt that I was having a toxic reaction to > the Requip so I > finally decided that I could no longer take it. That's my story on > the agonists. > I do feel that I was experiencing a certain amount of compulsive > behavior > as a result of the Requip and I do not know where it might have led > if I had > not decided to quit taking it. > Dee > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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