No Sinemet Day 44 - Tuesday July 16, 2013

I have now completed 43 days with no Sinemet or Carb-Lev. My meds are:

1) Motrin 800mg 2 times daily
2) Flexeril 10mg 1/2 in am, 1/2 at night (just reduced from 1 1/2 to 1 daily)
3) Prozac 1 time daily
4) Cogentin 1mg 2 times daily
5) Steroids (Methylpreonisolone) (not currently taking this)
6) Vicadin (never used this)

Taking meds once in the morning around 8 and again at night around 8. No on and off, no waiting for the meds to take effect.

Basically today is the same as yesterday. I did feel overall a bit lethargic yesterday but nothing major.

I would like to apologize for my actions when I first posted this subject. I had no idea that quitting Sinemet cold turkey was looked upon as a dangerous and risky thing to do. As I searched for information about quitting Sinemet I began to realize just how uninformed I was. Had I have known this before I started I may well have not proceeded.

On the other hand and as I have said in this forum, I didn't go looking to do this, it just happened. The day before I deliberately stopped the Sinemet I realized I hadn't taken a pill yet I felt better. So I cut the dosage in half and sent an email to my Neuro, who more or less gave me the go ahead to quit, albeit with caveats. Every day I was afraid that day would be the day I would regress. But it hasn't shown up yet.

Here are the positives:

Absolutely no tight muscles
No problem driving
Meds taken at 8 am and 8 pm
No ON/OFF time
No problem eating although swallowing is sometimes a chore
No problem sleeping although I cut back the Flexerill yesterday and woke after 6 hours (my normal is 8)
90% of the time I walk normal and type normal
85% of the time no shaking of the hand/foot

Here are the negatives:

Drowsiness
Slight+ memory loss (getting to be even more pronounced)
Possibly minor vision issues
Soft voice
Dry mouth-Very dry!
Some slowing down of movements
Still have difficulty accomplishing minor tasks-Apathy.


Jim

Jim