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Old 09-07-2010, 08:37 AM
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Steve-
DXM, like many of the things that seem to help PD, is bi-phasic. That is, it has radically different effects at different dosages. Not just a matter of intensity but an entirely different effect.

Go back and try the half teaspoon that you know once worked. If it helps now, back off even more just to figure out where you fall in the dosing range.
-Rick


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Originally Posted by stevem53 View Post
I have tried DM a few times for dyskinesia..I have taken as much as two teaspoons, and nothing

I can remember when a half teaspoon before bed relieved symptoms remarkably the next morning..Now it does absolutely nothing, and I dont know why

I wish it still did work, because I am sick of being sick..My off periods are so bad lately that they're unbearable..I literally have to take it a minute at a time somedays

I see my neuro today..Something as to change, because I cant live like this..This is not living, and I cant believe it got so bad, so fast..I actually hope there is something else is wrong with me that can be treated, and cleared up
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Born in 1953, 1st symptoms and misdiagnosed as essential tremor in 1992. Dx with PD in 2000.
Currently (2011) taking 200/50 Sinemet CR 8 times a day + 10/100 Sinemet 3 times a day. Functional 90% of waking day but fragile. Failure at exercise but still trying. Constantly experimenting. Beta blocker and ACE inhibitor at present. Currently (01/2013) taking ldopa/carbadopa 200/50 CR six times a day + 10/100 form 3 times daily. Functional 90% of day. Update 04/2013: L/C 200/50 8x; Beta Blocker; ACE Inhib; Ginger; Turmeric; Creatine; Magnesium; Potassium. Doing well.
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