David Jacobson

Responses to Terence-

My tremors DON’T stop when I sleep. They wake me up and that’s when I grab my wrist or forearm to stop them.

I do drool some.

Turning/respositioning in bed is horrible. I go from left side-to back-to right side every 20-30 minutes, it seems. (Some of the reason is a bad left shoulder.)

I take 6mg. (half of a 12mg.pill) nightly. I get good sleep BUT I still get left hand tremors. They stop immediately when I grab my wrist.

I have been taking Melatonin (5 or 6mg) for a few months.  Some nights good…some nights bad.  I go to bed quite late (midnite-1:30) and do wake up usually once or possibly twice to urinate and get up at about 9.  However, I added Gabapentin (only 100 mg.) to my before-bed routine in the last week.  Amazing!  I have slept completely through the…[Read more]