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Old 05-29-2016, 03:04 PM
MaryS MaryS is offline
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I am a new PWP and want to thank all of you so much for all of the advice and support and HOPE offered by your sharing your experience and current knowledge on this forum! My main symptom is tremor, and I successfully used mirtazapine 15 mg/day to substantially reduce tremor for 3 months. Now the tremor is worse, and I would like to ask if anyone has any experience with using a dose higher than this for tremor, and any advice about the relationship between specific doses and relative effectiveness. I was attempting to stave off starting levadopa due to possible eventual side effects, but better treatment of tremor has taken on a new urgency due to my employment situation. I am an RN and haven't worked for 2 years but now need employment for financial reasons. I anticipate a possible job offer hopefully this coming week, but I definitely need better help with tremor to be successful in the particular job I am seeking. I also hope to get a second opinion from another movement specialist soon about possible ways to treat tremor other than levadopa, but the md I first say was pessimistic about anything short of levadopa offering significant help. I would greatly appreciate any thoughts or advice about how dose of mirtazapine affects effectiveness, or any thoughts about other sources of help for tremor. Later this week as I have time I will try to scour recent threads in this regard also. Thank you all again SO MUCH for your posts - this forum is fantastic and I look forward to being a member of this great community.
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