Posted by Mishal on December 12, 2007, at 3:44:18
In reply to Re: Trivastal: hang on there, don't give up » Mishal, posted by anonymoose on December 11, 2007, at 2:59:54
Now I'm not sure whether the sleep attacks were caused by the Mirapex or by acetylcholine deficits resulting from stopping the cocktail. But the problems began to resolve themselves after restarting the cholinergic cocktail.
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> Now I feel like I'm at a plateau with the Mirapex. The past few days, I've upped the dosage to 1.5mg/day, with no discernible effects yet.
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> How long did it take you to feel the effects of the increase in dosage of your trivastal? I guess I'm a little puzzled because I expected dopamine agonists to have faster onset of action than they seem to do for me. Not instantaneous like adderall/ritalin, but at least something noticeable within a day or two.Hi anonymoose,
Sad to know your experiment to suspend some meds went wrong. However, Mirapex is notorious for causing sleep attacks and I don't think there is another culprit here other than Mirapex. Luckily Trivastal is devoid of this side effect mainly due to its noradrenergic action. Taking a small dose of Provigil might help you here.
It took a week or so to Trivastal to kick in. When I increased my dose to 100mg, surprisingly the effects were felt right away. My speculation is: When I messed with my dopamine system, it took a week to get adjusted. After that the system started to function well and an addition was thoroughly welcomed.
Cheers.
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