I finally have my SFEMG next week so I have stopped taking my mestinon. I originally thought that all the mestinon effects wore off after 3 hours, but now I know that is not true. As I feel the symptoms come back and get worse each day, I know that there was a residual effect that was left and built up over the course of treatment and I had only just started taking the drug. I also stopped my morning dose of caffeine and nightly dose of chocolate ice cream. I also cut down on tomato and potato in my diet too. I am really getting fatigued again. The most noticeable difference is the headaches from the eye strain and the constant aching of all my muscles. I can't wait to go back on the mestinon, but a good baseline for the SFEMG and finally a definitive diagnosis is worth it all.

kathie