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. It goes like this. Lay on your back on the floor. Prop your >head up slightly by a small pillow. Rest your legs on a chair, coffee table >or something of similar height so that your leg from the knee down is resting >on this surface. Now spread your arms straight out from your body and >resting on the floor. Once you get into this position, think of relaxing >situations, a time at the ocean, watching the warm fire in a fireplace on a >cold winter day, or what ever it is that relaxes you. My guess is you will >fall asleep for a period of under 30 minutes. When you awake, you are like >new. > >Now this works for me in the later afternoon only. When I was working, I >would do this about 3 - 4 in the afternoon. The secretary would hold all >calls until I would wake up. It was the only accommodation I asked for when >employed. I highly recommend it and would like to know if it works for >others. > > >Regards, >Alan Bonander >Age 55, Diag 11 yrs, liquid meds, pallidotomy >[log in to unmask] > > This is probably the only way I have been able to continue to work! In fact I just moved closer to work so that I would not be so likely to miss my noon nap. In the five years before diagnosis, I would become so tired from dragging my uncooperative body around, I learned to get through the day by napping at lunch. Now that I suffer the delightful side effect of sinemet, poor sleep habits, it is just as vital to my ability to carry on. It's amazing how restorative a 20 minute nap can be! My family considers it vital to my health, and I get a lot of encouragement to not miss it. Also, I don't struggle with a BIG OFF in the evening if I am careful not to let myself get exhausted during the day. Kathie Tollifson [log in to unmask]