I started on a different medication for my Parkinson’s yesterday because the one I have been on seemed to have lost it’s effectiveness. We started out on a low dose and will raise it as needed. With Parkinson’s and medication, there is a lot of experimenting to find what works. It worked better in regards to the muscle pain and rigidity that have been getting worse of late, but I could not go to sleep. I tossed and turned for hours getting terribly frustrated, and then I got up and sat in the hot tub for 20 minutes and got back into bed, still was wide awake, so I got up and took a cold shower, I am not sure why I thought that would work! Then I remembered one of my memory verses,

Psalms 119:148
My eyes anticipate the night watches,
That I may meditate on Your word.

I got up and sat in my recliner, started memorizing Bible verses, and went over them in my head. In about 30 minutes I fell asleep in my chair and slept for about an hour and then woke up and got back into bed and slept for another couple of hours. I went to a seminar today and expected that I would get sleepy while listening, but I stayed wide awake, learned a lot, and I am feeling pretty good right now.

I have a new goal, whenever I can’t sleep I will get up and memorize Bible verses. I am expecting that I will sleep good tonight.