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I can certainly identify with your problem. Much the same happened to me. The first thing I did wrong was go off my Permax to quickly. I immediately corrected that problem by beginning to take along with the Requip half my previous dose of Permax( which was 3 mg/day). I continued to take 1mg of Permax for months before weaning off totally. The second problem was not enough Requip. The starter Pack I believe has .25mg tablets. That translates into 2.25 mg /day after 3 weeks. That simply wasn't near enough medication for me. I'm now taking 21mg of Requip per day. I'M NOT A DOCTOR AND YOU SHOULDN'T CHANGE MEDICATION OR DOSAGE UNLESS INSTRUCTED BY YOUR NEUROLOGIST. I hate changing medications. This episode I described took six weeks out of my life. Hope this provides some help. -----Original Message----- From: JoanD1234 <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, March 15, 1998 1:50 AM Subject: Tremor >I am getting more and more discouraged with my inability to control my tremor. >My present trial is with Requip. If anything, it has increased the tremor. I >am still on the Starter Kit (third week) and will see the neuro again Tuesday. >Have any of you had any difficulty stopping it cold turkey? Must I cut down >slowly? > Have any of you had a severe tremor and been able to control it with drugs? >I'm getting discouraged and feel like giving up but I can't do that because I >will still have the tremor. Up until recently it has been a tremor I could >live with, but it's not anymore. I just want to find something that works and >does not at the same time turn me into a zombie. Please help! > Thank you. >Joan