Sweet Dreams

So
What's new
One the wonderful things of living with PD is that you get all this extra time in the day.
Just imagine the things you can get done if you only had an extra three or four hours every day.
Why you could get in some extra piano practice. You could paint three or four paintings. You could teach yourself to play the guitar, the fiddle, or the drums. You could watch that series on Netflix, you know the one, the one you don't want anybody to know you watch. I am talking about the Cake Wars one.  And yes there is a way to remove it from the watched list. It's hard to find things to do at four in the morning that don't make noise.

Sleep is something most of us take for granted. Yes, at some point most of us have had a bout of insomnia. But it usually stopped once whatever we were worried about stopped or went away.
To the Parkie, sleep is to be cherished. To actually make it to the alarm in the morning is to be celebrated.

I was one of those people who, when told by someone they went to the gym a six every morning, responded with a "your nuts".  Now I find myself at Spin Class at 5:45 god damn AM.
So now I have added two Zopiclone to my night time routine. Funny how things, after a while become normal. Four o'clock is normal right.  I will ask myself, why am I so tired, it's only 10 o'clock. Then I remember oh yeah I was up at four. Just like every one else. Right?

The last visit to the Neurologist, I asked Cheryl to come along. It had been a while since she had come with me and I thought she might have some questions, or observations.
Well, we progressed though the appointment. We talked about the Dyskinesia and dystonia. He did this funny thing where he made me recite the months backwards (try it, it's hard) and my left hand did this funny shaky thingy. My tremor is in my right hand. Hmm ???
So the doctor says, "is there anything else " I say no.

I am not sure if the doctor actually asked her if she had any questions, but up until this point she had said nothing.  "What about marijuana" she says, "you know, for sleep " she says. Never even crossed my mind.

I have been sorta reluctant about the whole marijuana thing. Most of all I just didn't want to be stoned (didn't occur to me that if I DID get stoned, I would be asleep) and I was unsure if it would do any good.  According to the Neurologist, Cannabis does nothing directly for Parkinson's symptoms.  Most people, he says, take the cannabis and feel great for about 2 months (power of suggestion?)  then things go back to normal. It will however ease the anxiety that a Parkie can get when the meds wear off and the next dose hasn't kicked in yet.  It will however help relax you and help you sleep.

So I received my first shipment of cannabis oil. I have not taken any yet. This is Saturday. I will work it into the night time routine on Monday. According to the literature it will take about 1 to 1.5 hours to take effect. So I should take it around 9 o'clock.

Hopefully I will be able to make the alarm at 5:15.
Got to go to Spin Class you know. God I hate the gym.
But that topic is for another day
So...
GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE
Sweet Dreams
And remember
IT'S ONLY INCONVENIENT