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Everybody is different. In my case, Mirapex (as well as Requip and Lisuride in an NIH clinical trial) caused changes both in night-time sleep patterns and daytime sleepiness. In general, my daytime sleepiness does not seem to depend on how how much sleep I got the night before. My night-time sleep is fragmented, i.e., I wake up frequently and find it easy to get up and be wide awake. On the other hand, if I force myself not to get up, I do fall asleep again. (Mirapex seems to be better than the others in this regard.) I am also finding that I need less night-time sleep than before PD to put in a full day's work, and I find it much easier to get up in time to go to work. I rarely sleep past 8:00 even when I can or when I have been up late the night before. Recently, I have started taking Provigil, which is very helpful with the daytime sleepiness. The only trouble is it costs $3,000 per year and my insurance has refused to pay. > I'm puzzled - everyone says Mirapex can make you sleepy, but > I've been more > alert since taking it - family, friends, work colleague confirm > this, so it's > not wishful thinking. > As to falling asleep while driving, where I live, sheer terror > should keep > any driver awake ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn