[David]

Hi there, as a relatively newly diagnosed PD patient I want to thank you all for posting. Specifically, my issues with sleep are terrible muscle cramps at 3 AM, stiffness and rigidity in the left leg, numbness and burning in left foot. I think this has to do with on-off, and so last night instead of advil, I took half a dose of Modopar, it seemed to work.  Sleep is one of life’s last pleasures, when I don’t get it I get suicidal… Ambien worked for awhile but then on waking the cramps and stiffness were abominable.  So I am hoping my self-prescribed extra capsule of Levidopa at bedtime does the trick. Incidentally, the torture I describe here I had experienced for years before anyone thought of PD. During daytime now, almost all the leg cramps are gone, and my foot feels almost normal again. Dreams are wonderful, there are nightmares to be sure, on occasion, but I don’t mind. They’re more vivid than ever and I often remember them!