REM Sleep Disorder

[beehive23]

Alittle tip as you progress into advanced pd ....as REM sleep disorder sets in and you wake up at night...dont fight it, it just creates anxiety, get up watch tv , eat, take an extra 25/100....and eride it out on the couch...hang tough...cheers!

[Enidah]

Good advice!!

[FutureWell]

Some advice re pd associated anxiety. With my husband it always starts in the gut. Venlafaxine has settled his anxiety massively. But every now and again when he has some levodopa/carbidopa wear off the anxiety raises its head. He takes some peppermint oil. That relieves the upset stomach which in turn then relieves the anxiety.

[MarionP]

0.25-0.5 mg clonazepam prevents/attenuates RBSD.

[beehive23 in reply to MarionP]

been on clonazepam for 15 yrs.

[MarionP in reply to beehive23]

Good, then you know how it helps settle you down into the critical slow-wave sleep without which your brain cannot admit the necessary cerebrospinal fluid that provides the flushing and lymphatic action your brain must have and cannot do without every night.

[beehive23 in reply to MarionP]

diapghramatic breathing...acts like a pump for lymphatic system...good stuff if you can get it...REM sleep that is...cheers!

[sharoncrayn in reply to MarionP]

Clonazepam does come with side effects which are not trivial. Try to get by without it.

[beehive23 in reply to sharoncrayn]

advanced pd at age 53....im not stopping bariturates i put them off for years, all pd related meds jack yoiu up in the long run.....cheers!

[OREOLU in reply to beehive23]

Is working for you? If so, what mg are you currently taking.

[OREOLU in reply to beehive23]

Hi beehive23Is Clonazepam working for you? If so, what mg are you currently on ?

[beehive23 in reply to OREOLU]

1mg once a day...

[chartist]

Melatonin has shown similar benefit as Clonazepam for RBD in PD and it has a better safety profile. The following review suggests melatonin as the first-line treatment for PD- RBD.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/a...

And it has shown benefit for PD itself :

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/324...

sciencedirect.com/science/a...

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