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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: "all the way over on the West Coast"
Posts: 1,032
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: "all the way over on the West Coast"
Posts: 1,032
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sorry for my late entry .......
Sorry to be weighing in so slowly on this Therese -
I've been taking 300 mg of amantadine for one year now; it was the dosage that I started out on.
I take it for my tremor (I am not dyskinetic; I also take 3 25/100 sinemet a day and one 2 mg requip at bedtime).
When I started, my doctor told me that it was an experiment - that amantadine is great for some, but not tolerated well by many, with significant negative side effects.
It has worked extremely well for me; my tremor is controlled, and I have not experienced the common side effects of leg swelling, skin blotching, and foggy head (in fact, it makes me feel more sharp!). I have learned to take my last dose several hours before going to bed because it is a stimulant and was interferring with sleep; that is no longer a problem.
I really think you have already hit the nail on the head - Doreen's body will have the answers. If she has tolerated amantadine well on 200 mg, and it has proved effective, then going to 300 mg should not be a problem. If it proves troublesome, then retreat!
Amantadine is so weird - I wonder what it is about it, or about us, that produces such a black and white difference?
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