I have long questioned the 15-hour gap between "med" dosages...has not made much sense to me...but, fortunately, Doreen has had NO problems with sleep as so many pwp's do...and, in fact, I have thought that she almost seems to sleep too much at times. Recently, however...and coinciding with her starting the Amantadine, I have noted that she's waking earlier and unable to go back to sleep (unusual for her)...so, I'm wondering, now, if there's a connection to the Amantadine. She wakes with the tremor, now, which is also new, although her new dosing schedule, i.e., for the Amantadine, is to be taken at dinner time (usually about 6 p.m....but even at that, it would mean 13 hours elapse between "med" dosage...still a very long time in my opinion. As I think I mentioned to you...it would seem that her body is suddenly being "zapped" with "meds" and I have to question the wisdom of this. I will address this with her neurologist when next we speak...next Monday...perhaps before in that he told Doreen if she needs to speak w/him before next Monday, she should call him. I really would like to get started with a schedule that better spaces the dosing intervals and certainly better manages the present 13-hour gap between dosages.

Thanks again, John...I appreciate your thoughts very much...very helpful...

...and I hope you noticed the brevity and clarity of this post, i.e., in comparison w/some of my more recent writings! Scanning as you are so apt to do...selecting the salient points...would you believe that as a Public Relations Communications Coordinator for many years, I DID EXACTLY THAT? Why, then, am I not able to write similarly?...just a rhetorical question, John....

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