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hi again bruce you wrote: >Janet, thanks for your "curiosity." Here are my answers - >and through the list in case anyone else is having similar >problems; scroll down, please... > >>...so maybe an interesting mini experiment for you >>might be to try improving your current sinemet dosage >>by taking the same amount but in smaller more frequent doses... > >I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS AND IT I SEEM BETTER FOR IT - >1/2 TAB 25/100 EVERY 2 HOURS. GOT THE IDEA FROM BRIAN >COLLINS DEAL this is great, bruce! it seems to prove the undermedication theory too >>...if that doesn't improve your symptoms >>maybe a small overall increase of sinemet would do the trick... >>what doseage of sinemet are you taking now and how often? >>does your mobility improve and worsen thru the day? >>maybe relative to your med timing? > >TAKE A TOTAL OF 4 /1/2 - 5 25/100'S A DAY. >BOB BOWLING, THE ALAKAN SALMON FISHERMAN, >ALSO SAID MY DOSAGE SEEMED LIGHT. >THE NEW DOC WANTS TO TRY OTHER >THINGS BEFORE UPPING THE SINEMENT. absolutely! assuming all goes well with the tasmar [my fingers and toes are still crossed! - hey it worked for barb!] you should get more and smoother l-dopa benefit to your brain and if the 'more' gets to be too much = dyskinesia then you could probably lower the sinemet level which is all to the good in the longer term >>>...bigger problem affecting my mobility is the chronic back pain >>>I have developed since May, caused [self-induced?] by bad posture... > >>...when i am 'kicked out' >>besides being basically 'frozen' and unable to walk... >>i get intense back pains and pinches >>which ease off >>['melt' along with the muscle stiffness] >>as soon as the sinemet benefit 'kicks in again' >>...do you ever have dyskinesia, which would indicate an overdose of l-dopa? > >I HAVE NO ONS/OFFS TO SPEAK OF - JUST A GRADUAL WORSENING >OF SYMPTOMS THRUOUT THE DAY. NEVER HAD ANY DYSKINESIA, >[NEVER HAD ANY SIDE EFFECTS, NEVER HAD ANY DEPRESSION EITHER] >THIS NEW DOC SAID THST BECAYSE I DON'T HAVE STRONG ONS.OFFS >MY LIMITING PROTEIN DURING THE DAY IS A WASTE OF TIME!! absolutely again! i used to be able to eat anything and not notice any effect on my meds no longer... protein, fish, milk, foe-git aboudit! but back to your back pain is the chronicity at a steady level or might it wax and wane through the day or night? depending on meds level? or activity level? or anything? >>and then you had the nerve to write this: >>>So ve sager, hey hey pa dej. >OLD SWEDISH GOODBYE. >LOOKING FOR A N OLD SWEDE >TO GET A LITERAL TRANSLATION lolo! do you really need an old swede or would an old turnip do? janet [log in to unmask]