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My mother is 72 and has been diagnosed for about 5 years now. She's really having trouble getting good nights sleep. She get maybe one decent night sleep for every three or four nights. And when she does finally get sleep it's a really drugging sleep. So she feels worse after waking up. The doctor has her on Sinemet CR 50/200 4 1/2 times daily, Permax 1 mg. 3 times a day, Artane 2 mg also 3 times, Atenolol for high blood pressure 50 mg 2 times a day, and Temazepam 15 mg every other night. Temazepam is a sleeping tablet that doesn't always work. The doctor doesn't want her to get hooked on the Temazepam , but it seems to me there's no danger of that if it doesn't always work! Does anyone have any suggestions on good sleep remedies? She can fight the effects of PD if she doesn't get more than one or two good nights sleep a week. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Sincerely, Sheila Chaudoin Sheila Chaudoin Phone: 319-263-3065 Musser Public Library Fax: 319-264-1033 304 Iowa Ave. [log in to unmask] Muscatine, Ia 52761-3875 http://www.rbls.lib.il.us/mus/index.html