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My husband has difficulty with sleeping. He is retired, so it's possible to nap during the day. He is very tired by 11pm, and usually sleeps right away. However, he might be up several times in the night. If he can't sleep, he will read or watch TV. The result is that he will doze off during the day, sometimes right after a meal, and sitting up in his chair. He insists that if he lies down, he will become stiff, and thereby affect the rest of his day negatively. As for constipation, we deal with this with a large glass of warm milk with plenty of sugar and perhaps a little instant coffee or Ovaltine before breakfast. It seems to work like a charm, at least so far. The milk comes around 6:30 am, and the first application of medication at 8:30. By 7am his duty is usually done. He breakfasts at 9am. The rest of his meals are not so regular, and usually small, but include plenty of roughage. Wish you well with these problems. k. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Karin M. Beros, MSO [log in to unmask] International and Area Studies voice: (510) 642-8542 Office of the Dean, 260 Stephens Hall fax: (510) 642-9466 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 13 Feb 1995, Joan Lee wrote: > I have found the discussions on heartburn, constipation and exercise to be > helpful > for my PD brother. As I have mentioned previously, I forward selected message s > to > him because he does not have a computer. (Jack is a minister in Lisbon, NY). > I really didn't know what he would be particularly interested in, because he > does > not speak much about his personal trials with PD, but apparently the discussio n > on > constipation was a great concern to him. He thanks everyone for the suggestio ns > and > then asked me what have they said about insomnia. He said he is bothered a > great > deal by insomnia and wonders if others are also, and what do they do to combat > it, if > anything. Does anyone have any special ways to deal with insomnia? > > TIA for all suggestions. > > Joan > [log in to unmask] >