The dosage I was taking 21 25/100 and 3 50/200cr. In addition at 1 point I was also taking 18 mg of Requip. I was dx as paranoid psychosis. Requip is the worst medication IMO We tapered off the Requip . My paranoia was ruining my life. I thought there was a plot by some group who would follow me around and even look I my windoin thews. I was loosing my mind. Gambling, hypersexuality, delusions......The paranoia did not go away when the Requip was stopped. My dosage of sinemet was very high but my disease was at the point where I needed help during the day to function. The sinemet dosage was taken very 2 hours. I would go from being "on" to "off" in a matter of minutes. Because of this I could not go out alone and always had a wheel chair in the the trunk of whomever was driving. Prior to DBS I had to see a psycho-neuro specialist to insure I understood the limitations of what DBS could do. The ideal candidate is someone who's medication is is not working any more. Stage 2.
To combat the paranoia my psychiatrist prescribed 5mg Dyplexa which helped me sleep (and gain unwanted weight). I plan on stopping this soon. On 10/22 I will have my 3rd programing and the sinemet will be reduced more. Sorry for the spelling errors I can not find spellcheck.
Hope this info helps
Damon