if U have trouble telling if the meds are working my opinion is that they are not working that well. The fact that it is hard to tell shows how bad they are. My first 1/2 dose of Sinemet was great, but never again so I stopped for years until Rytary came out. I don't think it helps much, my voice is not better,typing is harder, cant write, but maybe it helps me get up from a sitting to a standing position. I send my Dr. PD news and discuss it with her. -----Original Message----- From: Gail Adler Sent: Monday, May 07, 2018 6:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: sleeping through brain surgery I have been silent on this list server for a number of years. I don’t know why but I decided to read the recent posts and find them helpful. I take sinmet 125/100 3times a day 4 1/2 hours apart and one sinmet Cr as a final dose. I don’t tremor much anymore but I have a lot of stiffness and back pain. I’ve been rather fearful of increasing meds so haven’t had much relief from them. How do you decide with dr to do Med changes? How can you tell if the meds are working . Gail Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2018, at 6:56 PM, Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > https://startsat60.com/health/big-issues/parkinsons-breakthrough-means-sufferers-could-sleep-through-brain-surgery > > Ray > Rayilyn Brown > Past Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn