PLMD Please HELP! Am going to Doc. Mon. What meds work???
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Have had plmd for about 35 years, off and on. Smoked marijuana every evening for about 20 years and had no plmd. Can’t smoke anymore due to coronary artery disease. Now get plmd every night. This is really stressfull, which affects the heart disease. The last doctor just sort of smiled and said eventually I would sleep. I am seeing my cardiologist this monday and need to know what meds work the best so I can tell him. I know this is not much notice, but I just found this group tonight. My Positive Mental Outlook is taking a beating. All responses are GREATLY appreciated. Steven
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Well, pot works the best – no doubt about it. BUT given that Big Brother seems to think it should be a schedule I drug, I can see your dilemma. I’ve tried clonazepam and Mirapex, both of which worked quite well. I prefer Mirapex because clonazapam gave me "hypopneas" or episodes of shallow breathing that disturbed my sleep. These seem to be the drugs of choice. * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
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>Have had plmd for about 35 years, of
What’s PLMD? Thanks. Lisha
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Lisha – PLMD = Periodic Limb Movement Disorder, a disorder where the victim’s limbs move and twitch while the person is sleeping. This disrupts sleep and results in the person being excessively sleepy the next day. It is usually treated with medication, but frequently goes undiagnosed. A sleeping partner frequently complains of being kicked during the night. Note that there are other disorders that may also cause movement during sleep, so PLMD is not the only explanation of movement while sleeping. Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is another. RLS is a little different. Sufferers report feeling a creeping, crawly feeling in their legs which is relieved only when they move their legs. REM Behavior Disorder (RBD) is yet another. Normally a person is paralyzed during REM sleep to prevent him from physically acting out the dreams. With RBD the paralysis doesn’t fully happen, which allows the person to act out his dreams. Sleepwalking is another situation where someone moves while asleep. Kent Taylor (Mongo) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -LishaStC wrote in message <19990925123820.17587.00002…@ng-bj1.aol.com>… >>Have had plmd for about 35 years, of >What’s PLMD? >Thanks. >Lisha
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P-eriodic L-imb M-ovement D-isorder Just another of our many acronyms. John D
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Some people respond well to quinine (yes, it doesn’t work just for malaria). Go to your local pharmacy and get a bottle of the stuff. It doesn’t require a prescription, and when I used it about 5 years ago, a whole month’s supply was about $4. Start at a low dose, and if that doesn’t stop the movement, take more pills. Of course, if you end up chugging 5-10 pills every evening, then quinine is probably not what you need. My PLMD was so strong that the quinine soon stopped having any effect. Anyway, that’s what my pharmacist told me. I am one of the lucky ones whose PLMD went away almost completely with CPAP, but before I took Sinemet 25/100, and my wife says it worked wonders. Carsten Schmidtke – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Atrox wrote: > Well, pot works the best – no doubt about it. BUT given > that Big Brother seems to think it should be a schedule I > drug, I can see your dilemma. I’ve tried clonazepam and > Mirapex, both of which worked quite well. I prefer Mirapex > because clonazapam gave me "hypopneas" or episodes of > shallow breathing that disturbed my sleep. These seem to be > the drugs of choice. > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * > The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
