one year anniversary without re-augmenting

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stjohnh
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one year anniversary without re-augmenting

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I just checked my records and found that I am now at the one-year anniversary of my current medication regimen. A little over a year ago I augmented on Mirapex (pramipexole), switched to Neupro and got rashes on neupro, tapered off that and restarted Mirapex after a torturous week with no DA at all at a much lower Mirapex dose supplemented by kratom, cannabis and gabapentin. I have now been on a stable dosage for 1 year.

For the last year I have taken 0.125 mg mirapex, 15 mg THC, 700 mg kratom, and 50 mg Gabapentin at 7:30 p.m. I have also taken an additional 50 mg gabapentin, 350 mg Kratom, and 5 mg THC at approximately 11 p.m. every night.

With this regimen I get very mild leg jumping if i lay down on the bed starting at about noon, I get significant symptoms starting around 5 or 6 p.m. every evening and generally watch TV dancing around from about 6 p.m. until about 8 p.m. from the urge to move. By 8:30 or 9 p.m. the urge to move is completely gone and I usually go to bed at about 9:15 or 9:30, get up briefly a couple of times to pee (I'm old with a big prostate, being a male comes with some disadvantages, LOL) during the night and sleep until about 6 in the morning. During the day I feel somewhat run down and tired, obviously sleep deprived due to lack of deep sleep.

I have been extremely persistent about not increasing my mirapex dose at any time, even during those days in which I have had an especially bad night or day, (every time one occurs I worry that I might be augmenting).

Each of these medicines has a definite function and it is noticeable if I leave off any one of them. If I leave off either of the Kratom or mirapex, I cannot sleep due to my legs jumping. If I leave off the THC I can lay down without my feet jumping but I don't go to sleep for a couple of hours. I lay there, awake, not anxious and not having thoughts of the day rushing through my mind, but just not going to sleep. If I leave off the Gabapentin, I sleep apparently fairly well during the night, but during the day am much grouchier and much much more tired than if I do take the gabapentin.
Blessings,
Holland

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Re: one year anniversary without re-augmenting

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Holland, congratulations on the anniversary. Your combo is not that much different from mine if you swap methadone for kratom, but my doses of THC and gabapentin are significantly different. Plus I have no idea how to covert our kratom dose to my minimum dose of methadone. Also, I think that I might be able to get away without my pramipexole, which is for my PLMS. But that is one experiment that I am not particularly interested in trying.
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Do you know how long it took you to augment the first time, Holland?

I like to hear stories of people finding new ways to keep using the meds we have had so much trouble with.
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Re: one year anniversary without re-augmenting

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ViewsAskew wrote:Do you know how long it took you to augment the first time,


A little over a year.
Blessings,
Holland

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Re: one year anniversary without re-augmenting

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stjohnh wrote:
ViewsAskew wrote:Do you know how long it took you to augment the first time,


A little over a year.


You are approaching your original timeline. Will be interesting to see how it works out. My original augmentation was about 7-10 days. I've now gone up to 45 days without issue. Am going to test 60 next. Ferritin, for me, was critical, as I never was on a high dose of the DA.
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Congratulations on your anniversary and resilience, Holland...I hope for a continuing steadiness.

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Well done !!
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Re: one year anniversary without re-augmenting

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Congratulations Holland. Your regime has been inspirational for me in working out my own. It is just over a year since I started my post-mirapex journey also. Maybe I will start a thread as have come up with a system which is working reasonably well for me too - though with the same proviso as you that I still feel less than 100% well rested during the day.
I hope your system continues to work well for you for many months/years to come. It does seem that remaining on a very low dose of dopamine agonist prolongs its pre-augmentation effectiveness.

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Re: one year anniversary without re-augmenting

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Good news.

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