I took Amantadine for about 2 1/2 years along with carpadope/ levadopea and enticapone. The amantdine helped with the tired, fatigue feeling every day. I worked up to 4 doses a day and I was not tired and seemed to have a lot more pep and energy, but a few months ago I started having a , I will call it a psychotic issue where I was misinterpreting things is saw in a very weird way. I take a FMLA from my work for about a month to get better. Not taking that drug now but feel tired a lot of… read more
Ask your neurologist about Stalevo, It is a great combination drug with little or no side effects. I have had PD for 25 years and am 64 and have tried almost every drug available for PD. I would suggest staying away from dopamine agonist Mirapex. My uncle took that drug and had severe side effects, including hallucinations.
I think for Parkinson's there is enough to worry about one day at a time.
I was taken off amantadine .,when I took it ,I felt like I had bright lights emanating from my eyes Weird side lights in my peripheral vision right side only .Parkinsons affects only my left side .. I do know many people taking it , most of them have the STARE that I have read about .
I have taken amantadine for about 8 months. After a few months I started having hallucinations, so cut the dose in half. I still get most of the benefits, but don't see things out of the corner of my eye any more. Maybe you just need to reduce the amantadine dose, rather than eliminate it.
amantadine did same for me fatigue is my biggest prob , I found the more I exercise the better I am