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Hi Bern, Your email (below) slipped through the cracks, and I just saw it for the first time. Thanks so much. Milton Erickson, the great hypnotherapist (and psychiatrist), had remarkable results treating chronic pain. If I were you I would contact the Milton Erickson organization in Arizona, and ask for a referral to a doctor or therapist in your area who is experienced in treating chronic pain. (where are you located?) Warm good wishes, Diana PS I started on Sinemet 12 days ago--50mg x 3/day, up after a week to 100mg x 3/day, and am supposed to increase to 150 x 3/day in two days. I'm doing great so far! >Diana, I have taken sinemet for the last ten years or so. my dosage >is five times a day 250mg, Most people wonder that I do not shake >hardly at all. I still have weakness in my hands dropping plates, >cups etc. I shake when I get emotionaly upset and I still get the >occasional blockage when in large crowds. Most of my writing I do >with MS winword it automatically corrects the mistyping when my >fingers are out of control and I hit two or three keys together. >Sometimes though I still get the odd period when the sinamet does >not cut in, My Neurologist has told me that I can take another >sinemet when this happens.I am nearly seventy nine diagnosed >twentyfour years ago. I have taken most of the medicaments for >Parkinson. Requip, Madopar and many others it was not until I was >placed on Sinemet that I got relief. Pain is still one of my main >problems also snapping fingers. I wish you well with your Sinemet, >God Bless and keep you. Greetings from bern. > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana M" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 3:44 AM >Subject: Questions about dosage (Sinemet) > >>Hello everybody - >> >>Last week, three years after my symptoms of pd appeared, I started on >>Sinemet. (I'm 67.) I'm taking a half of a 100/25 pill 3 x a day, and >>am supposed to go to a whole pill after a week, and to 1 1/2 pills >>after two weeks. Four days later, my balance (postural instability) >>was decidedly improved. The next day, I took a walk through rough >>terrain in the woods across the road--something I hadn't done in two >>years. >> >>Questions: >> >>1) Was this experience unusual? -- i.e. was it an unusually rapid response? >> >>2) My neurologist, who specializes in movement disorders at a major >>clinic, says patients who take fully ample doses of Sinement do >>better and show fewer side effects down the road than patients who >>take lower doses that are just high enough to control the symptoms. >>Does this sound right? >> >>3) My inclination would be to stay at the lowest dose for a few >>months, which my primary neurologist says would be OK. I'm still >>discussing this with both doctors. Any thoughts? >> >>Thanks. >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >>In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.16/1651 - Release Date: >04/09/2008 06:57 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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