Hi peache i never overdose on Sinamet . But soon as I red your post I went on site which talk about your problem. . It say you have to get immediate help and described the symptoms exactly what u have.
It also say it requires spatial doses of medicine. So I do not wait thinking it will go away. Get your self in to a nearest emergency room and ged help please. I hope this will help . Love Zlatica

Thanks Zlatica,

Well that was fun. NOT! I ended up in hospital, seems like I had taken to much, by my stupidity. I am supposed to take sinamet 1 and 1/2 tablets every 4 hours, but that doesnt work any more, so I had been taking it every 3 or 3/12 hours,and when that was not working either, i would have another tablet, just trying to make something stop these stupid tremors. Bad Bad me, when my partner had added up what I had taken, seems like I doubled the dose. Im not a stupid person, althougth that was stupid. I have to see the neruo on 7th Jan, as they are on holidays, seems like sinamet has decided to stop working , well not as effective, Now what? They better find something that works. God I felt sick yesterday, better today

Sorry to hear Peachy. I've done the same thing OD'ing on Sinemet -similar results as you -my stunt got me my first ride in an ambulance as I passed out on the floor in my home. It can happen if you up your dose, or like myself, forget you've just taken a hit of pills and you take another hit. It will take 24 hrs before you feel right again.

C

Hey Peachy, Happy New Year!!! I was just thinking about you yesterday. I hadnt been on DS as regular as I like to be busy with my mother and I hadnt seen any posts from you either and was wondering if you were real busy too. It is good for me to stay connected though keep up on stuff.
Thanks so much for sharing about your od on sinemet. I take 1-1/2 dose every 5 hours or 3 times a day and then one tab at night around 9 or 10 pm. I havent taken too much but some days I feel really sick (you know our bad days we have) and I think maybe I should try more. So now I know not to. I think if the dr. wants us to take more we have to be weaned to more instead of an accidental od dose of a large amount all at once.
I think I read somewhere where the recommended normal dose is 8 25/100 sinemets a day. Or maybe it was that insurance companies only pay for a prescription of up to 8 tabs a day. Does anyone know about this? Would be interested in knowing as I am now up to 5-1/2 a day. Thanks.
Feel better Peachy!!!

Sweet Peachy, I am so sorry for what you went thru. PD stinks but I just know 2013 will bring comfort and healing. Yes, the amount of sinemet has changed for me also so I need more and more often but then I get some wild wiggles Some times I feel I am moving backward instead of forward. I think I need a fine tuning of meds.

Hang in there sweetie and know that you are loved and supported by all of us!

Hi peache I am glad you are better but i do not think u had to much Sinemet you just took to much at the one dose . I take 2 tabs cargo /levodopa every 3 Hr 2 tabs 25/100 every 3 hr, 7 times a day. so u have while to go. those funny feelings you have what Shells mentioned is to strong dose it is diskinesia Then you back off the meds either space them longer or less more often. Trial and error.

PEACHY THAT WAS TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT. BEING OVER MEDICATED WITH DOPERMINE REPLACEMENTS CAN AND DOES BRING ON DYSKINESIA LIKE MOVEMENTS AND SYMPTOMS. THUS THE IMPORTANCE TO FOLLOW YOUR TREATING SPECIALISTS INSTRUCTIONS. GLAD YOU CAME THROUGH OK, IT APPEARS YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE DONE THIS.

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My aunt takes 12 25/100 a day with insurance covering that.

My husband started out taking 8 x4 and day and they didn't affect him,
This went on for 10 years and I noticed he was getting sleepy and sleeping a lot about an hour after taking them. I had to plan things around that time, but if he didn't take them I noticed he was more awake.
I told the neurologist and he suggested cutting them back to 4 per day. and shouldn't affect him mobility.
He took 4 for about a year but I think he gradually lost some of his mobility, but it's hard to tell. It could be just the decline of the disease.
He has had PD for 11 years and dementia for 3 years and now in Long Term.

My husband has had PD for over 11 years and now in Long Term Care. He used to take 2 x 4 daily and it didn't affect him. However, over 3 years ago, it started making him sleepy and about an hour after the dosage it would be zonked out. This went on for a few years and last year when he had to go to an appointment I had him skip the one dosage so he would be awake for the appointment. It seemed he was more alert at that time. I did this a few times and eventually told the MDS that he was better off it. The specialist said that if they reduced it in half it shouldn't affect his mobility so we did.
He was still sleepy and I guess looking back it has affected his mobility a little. He was walking ok up until 7 months ago and he started to loose balance. It could be just the progress though. He is 70 years old now and as I said he's had it over 11 years.
He was put in a wheelchair about 7 months ago because we were afraid of him loosing balance and he did fall a few times. The worse thing that I was afraid of breaking a hip.
They aren't walking him now as he is resists.. He also has dementia which started 3 years ago.
I talked to his now doctor at the nursing home about the pills and said they make him sleep. He was surprised and asked about his mental state. I said he is foggy a lot of the time and sleeps a lot. He said they could take him off the Senimet completely. He's done it with other patients and my friend's husband was take off and he was so much better.
Since he isn't walking anyway and they are feeding him, we are going to take him off and see how he is. I'd rather see him have more quality of life because right now he's in that wheelchair and sleeping and not doing much.
Our family goes to visit and he's barely awake. I visit 2 or 3 times a week and a lot of the time he is sleeping also. I wheel him around to listen to the musical entertainment that the home has weekly and he has a TV in his room. His head is in a down position all of the time too.
He is too young to be in a home, but I was getting too stressed at home, even with help daily. I am better off visiting him and knowing that he's cared for in the nursing home. I just want him to enjoy life as much as he can, so we'll see how it goes.

I understand your frustration and anguish in making the decision to put your husband in a home. Is your husband less stressed in the environment that he is in at the moment.

I understand your frustration and anguish in making the decision to put your husband in a home. Is your husband less stressed in the environment that he is in at the moment?