I take levodopa (2 pills x 200 mg throughout the day) to turn me on. Also it helps to reduce my arm's tremor. It does help, but also brings involuntary movements, even hyperactivity I'd say. Mostly it's my upper body (like I'm dancing or something). And it seems as such a waste of life energy. Is there anything can be done with it? Thank you, mates.
P.S. Besides levodopa I take 2g of B1 HLC daily. I live quite an active farmer life and constantly involved into some sort of physical activity.
What dose do you take and how often?
200 mg twice a day
A more specific time schedule would be helpful. Have you considered trying to take 100mg four times a day?
Here's my approximate schedule (well it's actually 500 mg).
5 am - 200 mg
11 am - 100 mg
2 pm - 100 mg
6 pm - 100 mg
Are you tuned into when it starts, when it is the worst and when it eases off? Have you tried amantadine or anything else pharmaceutical? Is it a recent occurrence or something that’s been ongoing for a while?
No, it's not something recent. I guess I got this experience from the first days I started taking levodopa two yrs ago. Before levodopa I tried amantadine, but it had no noticeable effect on me at that time. As far as when is the peak and when is the ease, it's hard to say, but I think the peak of dyskinesia comes +/- to the middle of period between levodopa's intake.
It sounds like you are one of the unfortunate 15% (like me) who suffers from dyskinesia almost immediately. Amantadine is used to lessen levodopa induced dyskinesia. It didn’t work for me, but there are several members here who take it successfully. It might be worth trying again as an adjunct to your levodopa. For me, after a while I found B1 was making my dyskinesia worse. Pretty much everything shown to increase on time makes my dyskinesia worse.
As Marc suggested, have you tried a controlled release version of levodopa. It might also be worth trying.
Best of luck.
How safe is amantadine? Does it work with C/L. What are the side effects? Are you still able to drive with those medications? I have no problem with the 3pills a day of c/l and 5mg of baclofen and driving. Thanks for your help.
Amantadine did not work for me. As for its safety profile, I suggest you do an internet search.
Thanks
That is a rather unusual schedule. You have gaps of 6hrs, 3hrs and 4 hrs then 11 hours.
Was one tablet 8x a day. No dyskinesia. To reach the desired effect, two tablets 8x a day. No dyskinesia.