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SMACK!!! <--- Barb wallops Joan in the kisser) THAT is just a little reinforcement of the advice that Janet gave ya! Remember, m'dear, a "fast food" mentality is ok hamburgers and chicken wings, It's NOT ok to treat PD drugs like they were something ya picked up at McDonald's! Said with concern and love.... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 2:18 PM Subject: Re: The state of my union! / titration trauma >hi joan > >At 15:53 1999/01/27 -0600, you wrote, in part: >>...As a few of you might have known, I have been having a really >>tough time lately. Several months ago, it bacame apparant that I >>was no longer getting the benefits from mirapex that I had been >>used to getting-my symptoms were taking a definite turn for the >.worse & at my last appointment w/ my neuro, he uped my mirapex >>intake to 4.0 mgs a day (pretty much maxed out!) and we discussed >>my options. At this last visit with him on Jan 14th,we decided to >>gradually reduce the mirapex and to gradually get aclimated to >>requip. Of course, I wanted to have the changes done & over with >>in a week so I came of the mirapex in 3 days (I know-graduale >>is relative!) Now, I can honestly say that I must know what a junkie >>feels like in detox-I'd bore you w/ grisly details but you get the >>picture! On Friday, I was sobbing to my dr. to please put me back on the >>mirapex-but, he said that I should give the requip a chance to work...& >>also commented that I was not wonder-woman & that gradual is indeed a >>relative term! Any how, I was determined to give it the old college >>try-I told him that if I weren't back to normal in a week, I was going >>back on the mirapex! On Sunday, I had upped my requip to .50 mgs 3x a >>day & was able to attend Mass-but I was worn out for the rest of the >>day. As of yesterday, when I first started this post, I could only type >>with one finger, couldn't eat,couldn't get out of a chair or bed without >>assistance-baasically, I was a mess! Finally, today, I upped my doseage >>to .75mgx. 3x a day & I am happy to announce that I''m tryping with 10 >>fingers & that for the first time in weeks-I AM GOING TO LIVE!... > >it's about time we heard from you >i was about to send a posse > >now >a little lecture >especially in light of a recent tragedy > >fooling with our brain chemistry is not to be taken lightly > >those chemicals create our perceived world >or destroy it > >low and slow >is the rule i got from my very first neuro >in re titration of meds > >in this era of microwaves and faxes and e-mail >time seems to have been compressed >but don't do that to your brain >please > >rumour has it >it takes our bodies one week to adjust to a one hour time change!!! >i.o.w. >jet-lag from an 8 hour return flight takes 16 weeks to fully adjust to >and there are no meds no chemicals involved!!! > >got it? > >good > >janet > >janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada >http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm >[log in to unmask] >