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Marty Rose To answer your Nov 18th question about others who are on mirapex. I have been on mirapex since July 22 nd My early experience was great. It gave me improved energy and a hyper feeling. As time goes on it dosen't last as long as it did at first, falling short of the 6 hour interville by over 2 hours. When it looses its power , I get extremely sleepy. My 2nd dose at noon dosent last as long as the first , and it too results in extreem sleepyness and the 3rd,taken at 5PM causes me to retire as early as 8p.m. Problem, even though I feel sleepy I cannot nap. Have extreme difficulty sleeping at night. Se;dom sleep more than 1&1/2 to 2 hours at a time. greater dilfficulty voiding. Blurred vision .Developed pain in my hips when walking.(never had this before) I have cut down on my sinemet i.e. Was taking 1400 mg daily cut back to 900 or i000 mg daily. All this has me perplexed . I feel I've given this a good try, but think I was better off with the higher doses of sinemet. I"m going to my Nuro. with this to see what he will suggest. I sincerely hope it isn't , to cut back more on the sinemet as I doubt this will do it. My level of mirapex is 3 -(1mg) tablets a day 6am noon & eve. I feel mirapex has given me some very good days but I don"t like the increaced trend of side effects. I also experience some additional dyskenesia and neck pain when going onand coming off the effects of the sinemet and mirapex. I hope this is helpful to the rest of you.and please advise of any future developments. DON'T GIVE UP*****FIND A CURE [log in to unmask] Bi-Pal 58/12 Sin/Mirapex Elavil